Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '20 at 22:33
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 75.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 249 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 898 83% 696 Pts	64-Core 1325 82% 1325 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	2.89% Terrible	Lighting 3.3 Reflection 4.4 Parallax 2.8 3% 3.5 fps	MRender 3.4 Gravity 3.7 Splatting 4.6 3% 3.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.89% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 470 473 475 474 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 255 Write 106 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 470 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 41.1 117% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 213 187% 274 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 102%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: 0002LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 112 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 112 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 61%
Toshiba MK3261GSY 320GB-$75 514 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 282GB free Firmware: MC001D SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 112 112 112 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 112 66% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 62%
30 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 010A SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 44 0 42 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 86 Write 81.3 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 43.1 51% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 58%
7 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 66GB free Firmware: 010A SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 44 0 42 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 58.1 Write 59.2 Mixed 35.1 SusWrite 43.1 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 110%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,143 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,921x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	830x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	609x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	490x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	462x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

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 $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	121x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	361x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	321x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $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