Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	150% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200515
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '20 at 17:32
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 68.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 287 89% 167 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 835 86% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,021 63% 1,021 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 65 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 79.2 53% 67.5 fps	Gravity 55.6 Splatting 74.7 59% 65.1 fps
Poor: 41% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 10,182 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 185 177 174 169 169 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,434 Write 271 Mixed 344 SusWrite 180 120% 557 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 50.1 211% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 591 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 220 211% 343 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 215%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 1.5TB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 72 0 0 83 151 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.1% Below average	Read 66.9 Write 240 Mixed 148 SusWrite 76 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 22.9 81% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 71 DQ Mixed 67.4 45% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.7% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 92%

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Gaming 99%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	630x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	341x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	243x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	201x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	190x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	161x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	59x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	61x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $580

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16