Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	94.5% 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 Drive	231% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210506
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 19:11
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 87.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 304 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 1,070 102% 840 Pts	64-Core 1,500 93% 1,500 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 202 Parallax 123 95% 148 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 129 Splatting 114 93% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpemkf256g8 NVMe INTEL 256GB 978 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7002 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 276 275 278 278 277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,258 Write 829 Mixed 882 SusWrite 300 234% 1,067 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 85.9 284% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 653 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 258 333% 589 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 241%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 929GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 188 188 178 176 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 89.8 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 182 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3600 2x8GB 15,812 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 36.1 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 28.8 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 38.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 122%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	7	50	34.1"	1280 720	GSM7715 LG HDR WFHD

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Gaming 78%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	175x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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