Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.6% 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	244% 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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '21 at 05:31
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G-$101 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 645 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.6% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 89.9 54% 73.8 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 48.3 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 872 998 990 993 994 994 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,019 Write 2,180 Mixed 1,761 SusWrite 974 390% 1,733 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 67.7 224% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,011 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 783 579% 776 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 297%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,462 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 113 111 114 115 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 113 Write 98.7 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 111 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.2 167% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 32.1 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 29.2 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $15Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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