Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	31.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	215% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '20 at 00:38
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 76.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 93% 175 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 848 90% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,098 68% 1,098 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Nvidia(10DE 11BF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 31 Parallax 37.2 32% 35.8 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 35.8 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme 512GB 512GB 2,208 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1172 627 1096 698 1122 627 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,486 Write 1,496 Mixed 975 SusWrite 890 272% 1,212 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 26.8 214% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 742 DQ Write 1,074 DQ Mixed 428 458% 748 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 260%
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 50GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 134 93 96 92 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 500 Write 134 Mixed 191 SusWrite 100 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 24.1 141% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 33 77% 155 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 71%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 428GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 109 110 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 106 Write 81 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 109 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 61%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 907GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 84 84 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 85 SusWrite 84.2 69% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown VMA45UG-MEC1U2AW2 2x8GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 28.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 27.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 103%

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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 $279Bench 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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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