Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.7% 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	125% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200515
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 19:18
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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-$200 701,542 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 265 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 806 82% 646 Pts	64-Core 1,076 72% 1,076 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 32,016 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 956D) 2GB CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Lighting 27.9 Reflection 31 Parallax 39.3 23% 32.7 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 28.1 Splatting 32.1 23% 29.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 155,823 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 474 475 478 411 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 474 Mixed 452 SusWrite 454 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.8 193% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 297 244% 349 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 2,182,040 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 181 182 181 182 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 175 Mixed 113 SusWrite 181 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 249% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 10,205 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 36.6 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 36 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $200Bench 84%, 701,542 samples	542x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $320Bench 87%, 452,911 samples	341x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $374Bench 97%, 36,023 samples	166x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 108%, 292,752 samples	151x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 81,573 samples	132x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 89%, 357,960 samples	97x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 328%, 180,536 samples	56x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $110Bench 239%, 46,821 samples	51x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $65Bench 273%, 307,134 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 84%, 186,431 samples	76x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 85%, 193,844 samples	59x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	55x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $845

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16