Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.6% 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	49.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 17:50
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 733 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 1,021 63% 1,021 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% XFX(1682 9470) CLim: 1226 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.6% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 64 36% 57.3 fps	MRender 62.9 Gravity 45.4 Splatting 52 43% 53.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$56 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 2.1 89 68 97 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 452 Write 373 Mixed 330 SusWrite 102 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 14.5 67% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 28.1 42% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 55%
Apacer AS350 480GB 666 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 188GB free Firmware: T190103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 476 478 479 478 346 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 480 Mixed 383 SusWrite 452 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 39 136% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 291 211% 270 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 82GB free Firmware: AM0Q5E SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 69 70 70 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 98.7 Write 101 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 70.4 55% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MMX3A2K16GD432C16W 2x8GB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 34.5 115% 40.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.6 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 30.2 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 104%

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,924x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	491x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	465x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	406x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	122x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	362x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	323x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16