Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.8% 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 Drive115% 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)
Memory13.4 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 13:43
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 way above expectations (94th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Memory 83.9
1-Core 109
2-Core 217
77% 136 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 649
66% 532 Pts
64-Core 863
53% 863 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
77.8% Very good
Lighting 95.5
Reflection 95.9
Parallax 93.2
78% 94.9 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 85.7
Splatting 79.2
78% 97.9 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54
215GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 460 464 455 407 408 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 453
Mixed 442
SusWrite 442
104% 461 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 85.4
4K Mixed 50.4
163% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 298
245% 350 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 115%
Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 172 173 163 164 184 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Read 127
Write 140
Mixed 67.3
SusWrite 173
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85.9%
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 (96th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 44.7
MC Write 40.2
MC Mixed 34.9
114% 39.9 GB/s
SC Read 26.5
SC Write 38.6
SC Mixed 29.8
90% 31.6 GB/s
Latency 73.6
54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 109%
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 8,096 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 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk 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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