Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.7% 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	91.1% 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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '20 at 17:09
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 70 1-Core 149 2-Core 293 90% 171 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 899 92% 745 Pts	64-Core 1,096 68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.2% 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: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 102 62% 82.8 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 75 Splatting 57 54% 67.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MA020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 366 297 150 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 364 Mixed 367 SusWrite 247 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40.4 148% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 270 199% 260 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 91%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 77 138 77 77 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 476 Write 325 Mixed 338 SusWrite 113 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 36.6 155% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 198 174% 257 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 322GB free Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 241 43 113 304 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 335 Write 110 Mixed 377 SusWrite 186 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 41.7 153% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 194 175% 261 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 102%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 259GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 74 74 74 75 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 68 Write 56.9 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 73.4 41% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 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 (45^th percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 26.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 101 39% 101 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 79%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	828x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	462x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
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	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16