Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.2% 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	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '20 at 15:44
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 81.1 1-Core 148 2-Core 288 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 853 87% 702 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 78 50% 68.2 fps	MRender 64.7 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 53.5 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 171 172 173 172 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 454 Write 163 Mixed 175 SusWrite 168 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 12.8 99% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 77.1 80% 130 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 71%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 70GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 250 250 251 251 252 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 428 Write 258 Mixed 164 SusWrite 251 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 26.7 134% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 60.4 107% 215 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 33.5 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 29.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 97%

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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%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	175x
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	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Total price: $525

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 $178	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) $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