Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	282% 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

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Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1804 x 1014 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '21 at 17:42
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 232 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 714 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 926 57% 926 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3741) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2327 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 73.8 64% 77.2 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 71.2 61% 75.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1949 861 855 860 860 860 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,556 Write 2,379 Mixed 1,842 SusWrite 1,041 438% 1,954 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 79.9 262% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 938 DQ Write 596 DQ Mixed 838 606% 791 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 355%
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 430GB free Firmware: CS900P13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 436 252 187 192 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 140 Mixed 374 SusWrite 282 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 41.8 156% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 233 203% 299 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 96%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 186GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 485 487 487 415 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 482 Mixed 466 SusWrite 441 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 54.7 183% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 371 279% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 34.9 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 27.9 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 30.5 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	461x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
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	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $498

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16