Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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 B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '20 at 18:14
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 50,446 User benchmarks, average bench 75% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 258 84% 155 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 665 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.7% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 73 Parallax 83.7 65% 78.9 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 72.5 70% 87.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 427 445 446 360 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 438 Mixed 426 SusWrite 364 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.1 186% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 235 186% 252 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 107%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 101GB free Firmware: R0906I SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 264 262 263 263 278 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 2,046 Write 568 Mixed 749 SusWrite 294 199% 914 MB/s	4K Read 67.9 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 54.5 269% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 284 219% 302 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 277%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 214GB free Firmware: VB421D56 SusWrite @10s intervals: 931 931 994 1004 1004 1010 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,459 Write 958 Mixed 937 SusWrite 979 242% 1,083 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 69.4 230% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 718 DQ Write 576 DQ Mixed 801 558% 698 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 273%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 28.6 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 26.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 110%

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

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	630x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	341x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	243x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	201x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	190x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	161x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	59x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	61x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $581

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