Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	43.2% 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	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 08:29
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 68.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 277 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 817 75% 625 Pts	64-Core 1081 67% 1081 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 230F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.2% Average	Lighting 53.2 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 75 43% 62.6 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 43.3 43% 53.6 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 49%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDPR-CX400-256 256GB 3,217 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 65 142 86 56 110 MB/s Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	75.4% Very good	Read 250 Write 110 Mixed 197 SusWrite 135 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 40.2 146% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 201 171% 247 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 25.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 110%

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

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Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,086 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	603x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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