Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210303
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '21 at 12:01
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 72.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 290 87% 165 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 789 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 1027 64% 1027 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1345) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 91.3 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 84.3 74% 88.8 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 72 71% 89 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEBKF128G7 128GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: PBF114N SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 209 62 53 61 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 613 Write 353 Mixed 421 SusWrite 106 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 49.2 183% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 174 153% 221 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 91%
XSJ-X100-480G 480GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 247GB free Firmware: T0430A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 420 423 424 419 418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 421 Mixed 390 SusWrite 422 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 30.1 143% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 43.2 88% 171 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 98%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 207GB free Firmware: UJ510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 88 148 144 143 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 462 Write 372 Mixed 258 SusWrite 176 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 20.2 65% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 44.7 51% 86.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 2x8GB 22,419 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 25.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 23.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 96.2 42% 96.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 98%

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

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,924x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	832x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	491x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	465x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	406x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	122x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	362x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	321x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16