Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	131% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201102
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 14:52
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X-$150 15,293 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 151 2-Core 296 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 716 67% 555 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 86CB) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 6.3 Parallax 4.9 4% 5.27 fps	MRender 6.4 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5 4% 5.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 472 321 331 331 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 492 Mixed 445 SusWrite 379 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 66.5 228% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 373 281% 375 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 126%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$36 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 127GB free Firmware: UF220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 141 142 139 141 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 447 Write 282 Mixed 177 SusWrite 167 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 12.6 77% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 71.5 DQ Mixed 32.6 41% 75.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 55%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 110GB free Firmware: 03070009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 58 59 59 61 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 482 Write 330 Mixed 319 SusWrite 97 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 45.4 156% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 118 96% 136 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 310GB free Firmware: AM0P1D SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 94 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 97 Write 98.5 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 94.9 59% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 60%
maxell Flash disk 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 0101, maxell 16gb Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 4.4 8.5 10 5.2 4.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	8.27% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 7 SusWrite 6.2 11% 9.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.1 88% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.27% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 2x8GB 22,419 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 21 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 21.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 98%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,224x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	347x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	284x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	241x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	305x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	189x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	168x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $422

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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

Asrock B450 Steel Legend

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PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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