Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 04:36
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 70.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 91% 172 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 750 85% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,099 68% 1,099 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 69 Parallax 91 59% 77.4 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 56.5 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MA020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 467 168 152 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 466 Write 476 Mixed 403 SusWrite 259 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 40 144% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 307 198% 230 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 91%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 115 77 77 84 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 472 Write 382 Mixed 338 SusWrite 111 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 36.2 145% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 198 176% 261 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 314GB free Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 47 57 43 68 43 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.6% Poor	Read 216 Write 99.2 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 73.2 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 11.1 46% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 102%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 258GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 74 74 74 75 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 68 Write 60.4 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 73.3 42% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G 16GB 1,977 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 27.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 25.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 79%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	318x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16