Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics50.4% 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 Drive36.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime3.3 Days
Run DateFeb 26 '21 at 03:21
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
Watch Gameplay: 570 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
73.6% Very good
Memory 74.2
1-Core 112
2-Core 220
75% 136 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 642
63% 517 Pts
64-Core 870
54% 870 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130
CLim: 1415 MHz, MLim: 1900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
50.4% Above average
Lighting 64.6
Reflection 60.4
Parallax 87.2
53% 70.7 fps
MRender 58.7
Gravity 66.7
Splatting 46.8
46% 57.4 fps
Poor: 37%
This bench: 50.4%
Great: 49%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SU635 240GB-$20
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1120A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 7.3 29 15 84 18 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
36.1% Below average
Read 478
Write 289
Mixed 19.8
SusWrite 60.7
46% 212 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 14
4K Mixed 0.4
44% 12.7 MB/s
DQ Read 56.6
DQ Write 17.6
DQ Mixed 0.5
10% 24.9 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 36.1%
Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47
686GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 172 181 173 169 166 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 149
Mixed 68
SusWrite 171
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 106%
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29
227GB free
Firmware: 0007DEM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 110 111 111 111 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
62.3% Good
Read 107
Write 111
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 110
71% 96.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 64%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.8% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 24.5
MC Mixed 25.6
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 20.1
SC Write 25.5
SC Mixed 21.5
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 92.1
43% 92.1 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,150 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $492
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