Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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.
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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 23:11
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 970 86% 731 Pts	64-Core 1,322 82% 1,322 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 185 Parallax 176 128% 173 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ220400 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 454 Write 374 Mixed 305 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 7 60% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 32.9 42% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 55%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 512GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 105GB free Firmware: 30001P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 447 449 447 446 446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 438 Mixed 266 SusWrite 427 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 30.7 126% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 235 209% 315 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 98%
Intel SSDSC2KB480G8 480GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 62GB free Firmware: XCV10120 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 445 450 449 447 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 325 Write 444 Mixed 364 SusWrite 426 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 39.1 136% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 289 233% 326 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 99%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$171 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 115 115 115 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 115 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 33.8 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 30.5 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 102%

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

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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 $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	461x
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	319x
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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16