Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 04:45
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 87.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 307 99% 183 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 888 93% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,106 68% 1,106 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 89.4 Parallax 146 84% 113 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 106 Splatting 126 90% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 381 386 385 325 354 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 483 Mixed 279 SusWrite 370 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 53.7 191% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 196 190% 301 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 493GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 122 122 122 122 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 122 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 87%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 222GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 58 58 59 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 58.1 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 58.2 42% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.2 118% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 72%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 468GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 112 112 112 112 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 112 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 34.9 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 34.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 109%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $152Bench 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