Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


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 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	361% 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

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Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '21 at 23:01
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 155 2-Core 261 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 1,019 89% 759 Pts	64-Core 1,557 96% 1,557 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3675 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 126 Parallax 144 117% 138 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 138 Splatting 116 118% 149 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2200 2197 2197 2196 2200 2205 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	361% Outstanding	Read 2,850 Write 2,202 Mixed 1,451 SusWrite 2,199 487% 2,176 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 61.4 232% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,362 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 338 411% 744 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 361% Great: 393%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 28GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 465 463 465 465 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 467 Mixed 426 SusWrite 465 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 51.1 172% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 305 246% 348 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 978GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 181 180 183 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 145 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 181 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 43.4 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 28.6 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 39.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 129%

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

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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	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
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	318x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16