Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	28.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1728 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '20 at 14:43
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 84 1-Core 145 2-Core 284 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 805 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 1,014 63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 139 Parallax 149 120% 145 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 121 Splatting 100 106% 134 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 78 38 74 106 38 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.4% Poor	Read 229 Write 85.8 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 78.5 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 10.8 46% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.8 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 14.3 11% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 120GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 449 459 454 469 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 467 Mixed 436 SusWrite 461 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 59 197% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 132 164% 291 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 173GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 81 76 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 73.3 Write 79 Mixed 46 SusWrite 80.6 51% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 112% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 88%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 67GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 94 93 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 99.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 93.3 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 77%
Kingston DT microDuo 16GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 16a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 4.6 6.2 5.9 5.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.56% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 14.5 Mixed 13 SusWrite 6.1 17% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 100% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.56% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 34.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 32.8 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 112%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	604x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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