Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	188% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 20:19
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 238 79% 145 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 730 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 977 60% 977 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.7% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 74.6 Parallax 68 57% 71 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 66.4 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TOSHIBA-RC500 500GB 4,418 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFA12.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1476 1268 715 737 690 684 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,106 Write 1406 Mixed 1206 SusWrite 928 263% 1,162 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 50.4 170% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 908 DQ Write 653 DQ Mixed 653 522% 738 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 233%
Toshiba A100 240GB 5,900 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 35GB free Firmware: SBFA10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 12 53 23 54 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 449 Write 89.2 Mixed 96 SusWrite 35.5 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.5 4% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 419GB free Firmware: CC44 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 62.3 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 468GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 62 64 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 69 Write 53 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 62.5 41% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX3200C16D4/8GX 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.3% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 98.7 40% 98.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 80%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
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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Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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