Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	291% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '20 at 00:51
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 5 3600-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 82 1-Core 148 2-Core 292 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 937 94% 762 Pts	64-Core 1,115 69% 1,115 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 134 Parallax 122 102% 127 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 128 Splatting 113 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 962 672 672 672 672 670 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2489 Write 2,374 Mixed 1,668 SusWrite 720 405% 1,813 MB/s	4K Read 63.4 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 90.3 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,320 DQ Write 1,122 DQ Mixed 1,210 910% 1,217 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$98 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 225GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 28 32 29 28 29 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	4.71% Terrible	Read 50.2 Write 29.7 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 29.4 8% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 3% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 4.71% Great: 121%
WL1000GLSA64100 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 796GB free Firmware: N2.00C.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 108 108 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 173 Write 99.7 Mixed 109 SusWrite 108 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 35.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 35.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 110%

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

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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	1,923x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	832x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	490x
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	321x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $59Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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) $39	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