Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


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 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% 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, 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

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	20200707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '20 at 17:57
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

Watch Gameplay How to compare your gameplay

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-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 81 1-Core 148 2-Core 290 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 840 84% 681 Pts	64-Core 1,079 67% 1,079 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 153 Parallax 161 104% 147 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 133 Splatting 111 117% 148 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT23B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 363 367 369 359 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 495 Mixed 454 SusWrite 356 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 67 226% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 371 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 126%
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 446GB free Firmware: 10604105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1322 889 786 799 801 805 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,427 Write 1,368 Mixed 1,284 SusWrite 900 280% 1,245 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 80.9 278% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 935 DQ Write 1,165 DQ Mixed 935 737% 1,011 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 267%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 863GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 192 195 197 195 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 191 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 194 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 34.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 35.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 112%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,086 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	603x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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