Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.9% 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	277% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 01:15
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 68.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 89% 168 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 834 82% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,051 65% 1,051 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 2200 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 75 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 97 61% 81.5 fps	MRender 76 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 62.1 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 436 437 437 434 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2593 Write 2,259 Mixed 1,597 SusWrite 466 385% 1,729 MB/s	4K Read 68.2 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 93 316% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,004 DQ Write 1112 DQ Mixed 1,159 845% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 302%
Intel SSDSC2BX800G4 800GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 541GB free Firmware: G2010150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 491 490 491 490 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 490 Mixed 364 SusWrite 490 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.7 162% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 307 235% 319 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Inateck ASM1153E 3TB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 200 203 202 203 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 163 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 201 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 108%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB 5,644 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 170 165 163 172 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 167 Write 177 Mixed 109 SusWrite 169 211% 155 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.3 218% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 22,404 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 25.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 112%

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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	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
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	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	318x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16