Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58% 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	268% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 02:12
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 79 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 719 80% 628 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 139D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58% Above average	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 75 Parallax 70.7 61% 73.5 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 58.4 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42G1TBKA SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 557 559 563 561 561 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,532 Write 1,995 Mixed 1,552 SusWrite 618 373% 1,674 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 79.8 273% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 911 DQ Mixed 552 535% 848 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 318%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 222GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 266 152 95 114 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 450 Mixed 426 SusWrite 187 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 33 154% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 51.8 115% 235 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%
Excelstor Technology J8160S 160GB 1,310 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 148GB free Firmware: P22OABEA SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 64 63 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 75.5 Write 62.6 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 63.2 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 40%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 349GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 87 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 93.5 Write 67 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 86.5 99% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G30C15U4B.M8FE 2x8GB 1,427 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 33.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 30.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 78%

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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 $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