Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	97.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 03:09
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 66.3 1-Core 64.9 2-Core 184 58% 105 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 726 53% 484 Pts	64-Core 997 62% 997 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 112 Parallax 118 104% 119 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 101 Splatting 86.5 85% 107 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKNW010T9 1TB 20,963 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 550GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 1045 1071 1142 1165 1288 1269 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,450 Write 1,385 Mixed 1,058 SusWrite 1,163 284% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 47.9 157% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 797 DQ Write 595 DQ Mixed 604 476% 665 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 295%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 177 182 178 182 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 182 Write 194 Mixed 101 SusWrite 178 37% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 0.8 9% 4 MB/s	DQ Read 0.8 DQ Write 9.1 DQ Mixed 1.3 2% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 23%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 690GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 297 310 314 333 331 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 342 Write 334 Mixed 312 SusWrite 312 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 32 105% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 222 159% 207 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 115%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,882 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 48GB free Firmware: EMT02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 291 294 294 268 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 447 Write 296 Mixed 254 SusWrite 289 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 29.9 106% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 246 210% 309 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x16GB 12,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	46.8% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 46.8% 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 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,214x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	344x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	277x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	240x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	188x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	167x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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

Asrock B450 Steel Legend

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PC Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)