Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95% 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	124% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '21 at 04:42
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 810 80% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,011 63% 1,011 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 134 Parallax 116 97% 123 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 102 Splatting 97.8 90% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDHL250GB-D8 250GB 554 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1115F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 210 92 102 183 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 1,693 Write 1,127 Mixed 333 SusWrite 145 181% 824 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 18.4 117% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 91 121% 232 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 199%
PNY CS2311 500GB SSD 216 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free Firmware: CS231132 SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 493 498 497 496 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 498 Mixed 483 SusWrite 494 112% 497 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 57 193% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 382 287% 383 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 931GB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 432 380 381 369 377 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 489 Mixed 390 SusWrite 401 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 50.1 171% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 263 224% 328 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 45.8 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 37 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 29.5 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 33.2 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% 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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
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 $269	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 $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