Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '21 at 18:17
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X-$295 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 83.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 306 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 998 91% 766 Pts	64-Core 1,502 93% 1,502 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700XT 50th Anniversary 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 146 Parallax 216 114% 167 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 147 Splatting 96 97% 121 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 103%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB 15,624 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1696 1110 934 901 907 1353 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,068 Write 862 Mixed 1,762 SusWrite 1,150 274% 1,211 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 72.6 254% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 939 DQ Write 704 DQ Mixed 866 635% 836 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 334%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 185GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 465 437 432 426 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 470 Mixed 433 SusWrite 435 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 56.1 183% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 308 250% 353 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 30GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 441 426 434 442 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 486 Mixed 363 SusWrite 434 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 53.1 165% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 262 222% 324 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 34.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 27.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 36.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 18: 1R 4G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
18%	21%	28	109	5	144	26.9"	2560 1440	GBT2706 AORUS FI27Q

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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