Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	200% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '20 at 11:46
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 82.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 270 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 853 89% 712 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 250GB SSD 8,682 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303226 SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 274 276 266 263 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,427 Write 1,088 Mixed 1,105 SusWrite 322 220% 986 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 80.6 277% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 796 DQ Write 900 DQ Mixed 795 613% 830 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 214%
Galax KA1C0512A 512GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 477GB free Firmware: SAFM02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 459 462 457 460 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 473 Mixed 360 SusWrite 458 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 41.6 155% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 149 156% 255 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 34.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 31.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 100%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,925x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	832x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	611x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	493x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	466x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	406x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	121x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	362x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	323x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $476

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $252	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16