Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82% 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	228% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200707
Uptime	17.1 Days
Run Date	May 28 '21 at 04:40
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 72.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 206 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 639 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 117 Parallax 103 83% 107 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 92.6 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 572GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 996 1160 1039 1060 911 1310 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,553 Write 1,521 Mixed 1,139 SusWrite 1,080 297% 1,323 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 66.7 213% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 658 DQ Mixed 311 352% 602 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 295%
Adata SU655 120GB 3,439 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 112GB free Firmware: P180516a SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 57 57 58 57 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 474 Write 398 Mixed 402 SusWrite 64 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 36.9 137% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 194 158% 219 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 94%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 99GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 115 118 118 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 97.8 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 117 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 159 156 158 160 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 151 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 158 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 96.5 42% 96.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 109%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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