Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	272% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '21 at 22:30
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12-Core 4,397 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 75.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 93% 174 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1,192 106% 894 Pts	64-Core 2,249 139% 2,249 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 96%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$71 2,245 User benchmarks, average bench 255% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A0S63C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 789 478 477 475 477 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,524 Write 1,987 Mixed 250 SusWrite 529 291% 1,323 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 90.1 311% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 1,106 DQ Mixed 444 475% 777 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 339%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 150GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 217 367 151 152 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 480 Mixed 405 SusWrite 245 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.5 156% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 304 223% 288 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 95%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 116GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 463 465 121 96 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 461 Mixed 437 SusWrite 282 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 33.3 163% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 48.7 105% 212 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 92%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 637GB free Firmware: GU001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 70 70 69 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 73.2 Write 72.4 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 69.1 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 46,140 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 40.8 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 33.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 89.6 45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 119%

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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 $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 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	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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