Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	213% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '21 at 14:59
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X-$150 15,293 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 77.1 1-Core 151 2-Core 298 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 714 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.9% Above average	Lighting 61.8 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 68.8 50% 66.4 fps	MRender 62.9 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 63.1 52% 63.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 274 274 275 275 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,543 Write 1,215 Mixed 1,055 SusWrite 307 229% 1,030 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 89.1 310% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 798 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 262 355% 643 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 236%
PH5-CE120 120GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 56GB free Firmware: F/W:1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 40 49 39 102 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 396 Write 199 Mixed 279 SusWrite 66 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 27 136% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 144 139% 213 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 165GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 157 162 161 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 158 Mixed 103 SusWrite 160 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 28.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 26.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 111%

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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	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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