Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive114% 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.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200713
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 12 '21 at 13:39
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF-$97
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Memory 83.4
1-Core 105
2-Core 205
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 650
60% 503 Pts
64-Core 859
53% 859 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54
215GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 456 467 457 405 407 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 460
Mixed 441
SusWrite 437
104% 461 MB/s
4K Read 36.6
4K Write 86.4
4K Mixed 48.1
163% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 296
244% 350 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 114%
Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 169 171 170 182 177 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Read 128
Write 107
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 175
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
110% Outstanding
MC Read 44.3
MC Write 40.5
MC Mixed 35.4
114% 40.1 GB/s
SC Read 25.9
SC Write 40.3
SC Mixed 29.8
91% 32 GB/s
Latency 74.4
54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 110%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,095 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $178Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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