Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	230% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 18:09
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 80.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 250 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 839 80% 663 Pts	64-Core 1,314 81% 1,314 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 18.9 16% 18 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 19.4 Splatting 20.5 16% 18.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1122 824 823 827 830 834 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,941 Write 2,027 Mixed 1,598 SusWrite 877 362% 1,611 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.5 202% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 635 DQ Mixed 864 628% 824 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 297%
SQF-S25M4-256G-S9E 256GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 46GB free Firmware: S9FMA028 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 128 71 109 55 69 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.5% Above average	Read 479 Write 140 Mixed 146 SusWrite 87.8 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 18.4 104% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 3.8 29% 67.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 153GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 189 187 189 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 184 Mixed 102 SusWrite 189 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 110 110 112 110 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 128 Write 115 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 110 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 31.1 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 110%

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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 $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

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Value: 72% - Very good

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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