Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200713
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateSep 17 '21 at 18:50
Run Duration294 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$199
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
94.3% Outstanding
Memory 78.8
1-Core 153
2-Core 303
95% 178 Pts
4-Core 589
8-Core 901
92% 745 Pts
64-Core 1,110
69% 1,110 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300
Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.9.1
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
85% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 126
Parallax 161
89% 132 fps
MRender 98.6
Gravity 115
Splatting 78.4
78% 97.4 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 85%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 59 33 35 55 99 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
53.1% Above average
Read 129
Write 25.1
Mixed 53.3
SusWrite 55.9
48% 65.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 53.1%
Great: 109%
RSH ASM1153E 4TB
795GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 115 113 115 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
69.1% Good
Read 128
Write 120
Mixed 53.9
SusWrite 114
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
86% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 69.1%
Great: 95%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB
4.5TB free, PID 25a3
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 157 156 149 157 159 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
73.5% Very good
Read 163
Write 174
Mixed 121
SusWrite 156
209% 154 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.2
218% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 96%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB
1TB free, PID a0a4
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 146 148 150 149 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
61.6% Good
Read 173
Write 133
Mixed 83.1
SusWrite 148
175% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 72%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB
1TB free, PID a0a4
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 180 184 183 182 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
68.9% Good
Read 173
Write 148
Mixed 83.4
SusWrite 182
195% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 68.9%
Great: 72%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
60.8% Good
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 19.7
MC Mixed 20.2
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 21
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 82.7
48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 16: 1R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
16% 30% 27 344 282 60 24.1" 1920 1200 LEN1144 LEN LT2452pwC
History: Score 16: 1R 3G 2B | Score 16: 1R 2G 5B
Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,132 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $492
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