Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '20 at 23:45
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3600X-$199 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 71.3 1-Core 152 2-Core 285 91% 170 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 696 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 1,052 65% 1,052 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$80 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.6% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 99.8 60% 81 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 53 53% 66 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$36 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 142 125 107 98 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 472 Write 283 Mixed 292 SusWrite 126 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.7 161% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 224 180% 260 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 128%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 0GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,831 Write 835 Mixed 168 204% 945 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 47.1 159% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 434 263% 289 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 244%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 26.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 17.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 98.3 41% 98.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 97%

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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 $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 $287Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	492x
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 $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $491

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 $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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