Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98% 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	100% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 03:32
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 751 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 1,009 62% 1,009 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2520 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 143 Parallax 117 96% 126 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 120 102% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 434 442 322 161 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 428 Mixed 315 SusWrite 322 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 40.7 148% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 153 164% 275 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 104GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 309 304 296 288 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 481 Mixed 342 SusWrite 318 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 43.9 152% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 250 211% 309 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
WD WD7501AAES-60Z2A0 750GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 380GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 108 107 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 112 Write 103 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 107 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 593GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 113 113 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 121 Write 122 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 112 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 32.9 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.8 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	603x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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