Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	401% 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, 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, 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '21 at 10:06
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 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 (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 89.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 1,054 98% 818 Pts	64-Core 1,558 96% 1,558 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.9% 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: 3670 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 127 Parallax 145 118% 139 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 118% 150 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% 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% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2210 2214 2208 2209 2117 1806 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	401% Outstanding	Read 2,866 Write 2,206 Mixed 1,591 SusWrite 2,128 492% 2,198 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 218 4K Mixed 91.3 328% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,366 DQ Write 1,147 DQ Mixed 1,228 928% 1,247 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 401% Great: 393%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 48GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 472 470 472 472 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 460 Mixed 435 SusWrite 472 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 59.4 190% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 303 247% 350 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 972GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 180 180 181 178 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 141 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 180 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 45.3 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 42.9 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 29.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 40.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 129%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $155Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	602x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	457x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	257x
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	357x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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