Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	152% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190715
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '21 at 20:08
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 70.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 281 89% 167 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 788 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 972 60% 972 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Gigabyte(1458 2311) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.7% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 103 54% 79.3 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 53.2 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32A0T54B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 639 498 255 564 332 416 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,316 Write 957 Mixed 950 SusWrite 451 205% 918 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 50.3 170% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 189 200% 349 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 311%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 11GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 200 197 191 160 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 469 Write 158 Mixed 175 SusWrite 193 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 13.6 106% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 75.7 87% 147 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 607GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 194 200 200 188 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 138 Mixed 75 SusWrite 196 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 24.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 20.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 35: 4R 3G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
35%	31%	42	262	170	60	23.5"	1920 1080	ACR0735 XZ242Q

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,213x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	344x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	277x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	240x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	188x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	167x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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

Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results

PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

System Memory Latency Ladder

SkillBench Score 35: 4R 3G 6B (High Scores)

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)