Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 05:58
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 951 86% 723 Pts	64-Core 1,312 81% 1,312 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% PowerColor(148C 2401) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 56 Parallax 122 63% 85.2 fps	MRender 54.3 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 75.3 57% 68.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 947 741 743 741 739 741 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,230 Write 1,373 Mixed 1,115 SusWrite 775 253% 1,123 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 67.2 229% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,035 DQ Write 847 DQ Mixed 930 699% 937 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 228%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 485 486 487 485 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 488 Mixed 364 SusWrite 485 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 58.8 195% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 663GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 146 147 147 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 151 Mixed 105 SusWrite 146 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 109%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 174 175 178 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 174 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 176 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 181 181 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 178 Mixed 95.9 SusWrite 181 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 14,300 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 44.1 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 32.8 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 27.1 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 29.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

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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 $274Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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