Asrock Z590 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.42% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	359% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '21 at 14:58
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-11900K-$265 44,319 User benchmarks, average bench 103% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 88.4 1-Core 194 2-Core 384 117% 222 Pts	4-Core 708 8-Core 1,249 118% 979 Pts	64-Core 1,842 114% 1,842 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 04C5) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	5.42% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 9 Parallax 9.1 5% 8.23 fps	MRender 7.5 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 6.2 6% 6.8 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.42% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$120 24,278 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 685GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2244 2295 2298 2301 2300 2269 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 2,674 Write 2,181 Mixed 1,294 SusWrite 2,284 472% 2,108 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 71.5 240% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 894 DQ Write 795 DQ Mixed 438 440% 709 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 370%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 154GB free Firmware: CS900211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 426 389 410 413 401 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 186 Write 102 Mixed 82 SusWrite 407 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 8.4 42% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 12.1 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 13.1 10% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 102%
Seagate ST31000525SV 1TB-$155 2,311 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 623GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 104 101 106 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 65.4 SusWrite 105 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 70%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1.5TB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 33.9 Write 32.6 Mixed 24.9 SusWrite 7.3 32% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4000C18-8GTRS 4x8GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 25.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 135%

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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	6	60	31.5"	1280 720	ONN0101 ONA18HO015

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Typical Z590 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 1,107 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 149%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z590 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $249Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	192x
Core i5-11600KIntel $181Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	123x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	100x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	115x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	112x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	103x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	38x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	35x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $88Bench 341%, 58,572 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	21x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $806

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