Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics70.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 B450 Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 07 '21 at 16:06
Run Duration150 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Memory 68.7
1-Core 152
2-Core 306
92% 176 Pts
4-Core 592
8-Core 1,111
102% 852 Pts
64-Core 2,184
135% 2,184 Pts
Poor: 80%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 97%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240
CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3550 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
70.1% Very good
Lighting 84.7
Reflection 107
Parallax 69.4
69% 86.9 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 84.3
Splatting 75.9
72% 90.1 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 103 99 100 104 101 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
69.4% Good
Read 328
Write 129
Mixed 194
SusWrite 103
42% 188 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 82.9
4K Mixed 36.5
140% 50.6 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 143
DQ Mixed 140
110% 153 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 82%
DRSC61AD480M4 480GB
120GB free
Firmware: 507ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 231 199 206 283 235 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
69.6% Good
Read 468
Write 159
Mixed 273
SusWrite 233
63% 283 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 25.2
4K Mixed 27.9
94% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 130
106% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 69.6%
Great: 70%
DRSC61AD480M4 480GB
240GB free
Firmware: 507ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 278 276 283 279 279 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.7% Very good
Read 456
Write 319
Mixed 350
SusWrite 275
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 25.2
4K Mixed 27.9
94% 27.6 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 128
105% 153 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
77.3% Very good
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 27.2
82% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 25.5
61% 21.3 GB/s
Latency 104
38% 104 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 4,448 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $422
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