Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	289% 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 B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '21 at 22:17
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 82.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 882 90% 726 Pts	64-Core 1073 66% 1073 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 145 Parallax 131 111% 137 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 132 Splatting 122 97% 118 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 808 670 671 670 661 662 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,545 Write 2,385 Mixed 1,675 SusWrite 690 407% 1,824 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 90.8 306% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,224 DQ Write 1,035 DQ Mixed 1,130 846% 1,130 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 549GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 495 495 495 495 495 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 494 Mixed 418 SusWrite 490 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 51.3 182% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 368 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 121%
WL1000GLSA64100 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 887GB free Firmware: N2.00C.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 112 110 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 179 Write 103 Mixed 108 SusWrite 110 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 36 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 36.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 110%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	828x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	462x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
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	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16