Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	370% 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

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Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '21 at 20:42
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 283 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 1,054 94% 797 Pts	64-Core 1553 96% 1553 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3675 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 127 Parallax 143 117% 138 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 138 Splatting 116 118% 149 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2157 2191 2191 2197 2203 2142 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	370% Outstanding	Read 2,848 Write 2,205 Mixed 1,580 SusWrite 2,180 493% 2,203 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 78.6 258% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 1,382 DQ Write 553 DQ Mixed 338 416% 758 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 370% Great: 393%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 122GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 466 466 466 464 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 455 Mixed 437 SusWrite 465 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 51 167% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 296 243% 346 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 972GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 179 181 179 180 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 121 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 180 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 46.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 44 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 29.6 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 41.2 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 129%

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

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Gaming 78%

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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 $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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