Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 33%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics28.5% 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 Drive266% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 21 '21 at 02:47
Run Duration199 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 82.5
1-Core 116
2-Core 229
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 692
70% 569 Pts
64-Core 918
57% 918 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59
Gigabyte(1458 3763) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
28.5% Poor
Lighting 35.6
Reflection 41.4
Parallax 38.2
29% 38.4 fps
MRender 38.2
Gravity 38.8
Splatting 26.5
27% 34.5 fps
Poor: 27%
This bench: 28.5%
Great: 33%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
407GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2116 610 610 604 615 612 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
266% Outstanding
Read 2,509
Write 2,340
Mixed 1582
SusWrite 861
407% 1,823 MB/s
4K Read 58.9
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 76.3
251% 85.3 MB/s
DQ Read 920
DQ Write 650
DQ Mixed 839
612% 803 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 266%
Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
931GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 198 200 200 199 196 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 213
Write 191
Mixed 84.9
SusWrite 198
125% 172 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
220% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 118%
Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
466GB free
Firmware: CC38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 124 123 125 123 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
71.1% Very good
Read 124
Write 124
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 124
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
187% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
91.7% Outstanding
MC Read 37
MC Write 31
MC Mixed 31.1
94% 33 GB/s
SC Read 23.2
SC Write 34.5
SC Mixed 26.5
80% 28.1 GB/s
Latency 76
53% 76 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 98%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,096 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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