Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	281% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '21 at 05:43
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 82.9 1-Core 151 2-Core 296 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 860 89% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 115 Parallax 129 102% 123 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 114 Splatting 107 108% 136 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1317 974 976 979 977 978 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,012 Write 2,281 Mixed 1,793 SusWrite 1,033 400% 1,780 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 78.2 277% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,288 DQ Write 1,063 DQ Mixed 1,155 870% 1,168 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 297%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 294GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 495 496 495 495 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 494 Mixed 462 SusWrite 493 111% 492 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 68.1 227% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 372 280% 373 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 137%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 379GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 130 130 134 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 130 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 107%

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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 35.1 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 35.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 111%

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

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	604x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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