Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	32.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '21 at 12:33
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 194 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 682 64% 533 Pts	64-Core 1,062 66% 1,062 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 49 44 38 38 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 404 Write 104 Mixed 122 SusWrite 44 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 6.6 23% 7.73 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 40.5 56% 107 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 14GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 96 74 80 71 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 402 Write 121 Mixed 147 SusWrite 84.1 41% 189 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 22.9 102% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 54.9 87% 174 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 154GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 53.3 Write 36.7 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 77.2 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 151 155 155 153 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 122 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 152 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2A2666C16 2x16GB 1,493 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 32 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 27.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 95%

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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	7	5	60	0"	1280 720

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $154Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	602x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	457x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	257x
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	357x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $524

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 $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) $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