Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive192% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B550M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200813
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 27 '20 at 19:37
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User IDN-User
Background CPU3%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 71.5
1-Core 142
2-Core 282
88% 165 Pts
4-Core 523
8-Core 776
81% 650 Pts
64-Core 943
58% 943 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38
Performing below potential (67th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
72.2% Very good
Lighting 88.9
Reflection 83.3
Parallax 78.5
72% 83.6 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 78
Splatting 73.8
72% 90.2 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 32B1T3NA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 280 192 187 196 186 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
192% Outstanding
Read 1,794
Write 956
Mixed 998
SusWrite 222
219% 992 MB/s
4K Read 49.4
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 80.5
255% 91.9 MB/s
DQ Read 738
DQ Write 454
DQ Mixed 444
372% 545 MB/s
Poor: 139%
This bench: 192%
Great: 271%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 133 129 135 135 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
14.4% Very poor
Read 94.8
Write 110
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 133
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 8.3
4K Mixed 0.7
8% 3.63 MB/s
DQ Read 0.8
DQ Write 10
DQ Mixed 1.1
2% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 14.4%
Great: 23%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3600C18 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64.5% Good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 25.8
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 15
SC Mixed 23.9
55% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 97.9
41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 64.5%
Great: 121%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B550M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 2,331 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 91%
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Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $576
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