Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

3 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190111
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '21 at 22:32
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 229 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 747 68% 573 Pts	64-Core 1,003 62% 1,003 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.5% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 90.8 56% 74.2 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 47.5 49% 62.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 363 251 137 134 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 457 Write 460 Mixed 385 SusWrite 229 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 38.1 136% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 79.6 116% 212 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 95%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 111GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 673 696 697 753 804 773 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,416 Write 940 Mixed 901 SusWrite 733 223% 997 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 74 269% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 882 DQ Mixed 222 282% 483 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 242%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 49GB free Firmware: CC3H SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 86 86 86 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 54.7 Write 52.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 86.5 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 66%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 224GB free, PID a0a5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 33.9 Write 33.1 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 36.2 46% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 82% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 13,671 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 29.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 103%

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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%	44	111	6	60	27.2"	1920 1080	GSM7706 LG HDR 4K

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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 $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	459x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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