Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


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 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	89.3% 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	112% 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 B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201106
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 14:43
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 85 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 814 87% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,057 65% 1,057 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1654 MHz, MLim: 1765 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 128 Parallax 113 92% 118 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 109 Splatting 95.5 84% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 384 370 368 375 374 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 387 Mixed 328 SusWrite 376 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 46.7 176% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 274 220% 312 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 129%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 464GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 92 94 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 102 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 92.2 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 247GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 80 81 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 80.3 Write 78.5 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 80.1 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 34.9 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 34.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 107%

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

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	630x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	341x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	243x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	201x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	190x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	161x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	59x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	61x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $581

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