Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics77% 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 Drive308% 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.
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.
Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock B450 Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 12 '21 at 00:58
Run Duration202 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 54%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Memory 84.6
1-Core 144
2-Core 278
92% 169 Pts
4-Core 546
8-Core 790
84% 668 Pts
64-Core 1,042
64% 1,042 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240
CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3925 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
77% Very good
Lighting 95.3
Reflection 94.9
Parallax 89.6
78% 93.3 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 85.1
Splatting 76.4
76% 95.2 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 77%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1046 864 849 860 856 844 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
308% Outstanding
Read 2,614
Write 2446
Mixed 1,838
SusWrite 886
435% 1,946 MB/s
4K Read 68.9
4K Write 175
4K Mixed 95.6
320% 113 MB/s
DQ Read 1,226
DQ Write 1,026
DQ Mixed 1135
848% 1129 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 308%
Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 196 204 216 195 196 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Read 149
Write 141
Mixed 69.1
SusWrite 199
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0
90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 106%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8
28GB free, PID 5591
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 61 33 25 24 25 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
40% Average
Read 163
Write 52.5
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 37
88% 78.6 MB/s
4K Read 6.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.7
157% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 40%
Great: 39%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3600 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
96% Outstanding
MC Read 38
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 37.5
98% 34.2 GB/s
SC Read 27.5
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 39.1
89% 31.2 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 96%
Great: 122%

 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%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

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