Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.4% 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	83.6% 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

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '20 at 13:37
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 1600AF-$97 52,721 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 742 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 923 57% 923 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Device(1B0A 90D2) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Lighting 30.2 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 39.3 25% 34.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 26.1 Splatting 23.1 21% 25.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 26%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 112 140 108 26 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 465 Write 416 Mixed 342 SusWrite 84.8 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 40.4 150% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 222 191% 278 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 36.4 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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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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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	175x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16