Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '21 at 10:28
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$81 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 80.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 910 94% 759 Pts	64-Core 1,151 71% 1,151 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 130 Parallax 193 105% 151 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 135 Splatting 91.6 90% 112 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,336 Write 6921 Mixed 6,949 1,579% 7,069 MB/s	4K Read 573 4K Write 329 4K Mixed 401 1,557% 435 MB/s	DQ Read 1,678 DQ Write 1,137 DQ Mixed 1,239 970% 1,351 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 144GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 494 424 320 319 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 492 Mixed 466 SusWrite 394 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62 212% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 371 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$68 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 334GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 494 494 495 427 346 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 491 Mixed 463 SusWrite 458 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 66.9 223% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 372 280% 373 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GB 30,532 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 34.2 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 34.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 110%

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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 $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,926x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	493x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	466x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	406x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $68Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	122x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	362x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	323x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $472

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16