Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.42% 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	290% 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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210802
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 19:19
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X-$150 15,293 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 87.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 304 99% 183 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 791 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.42% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 32.9 3% 23.9 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 24.6 Splatting 24.5 21% 26.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 9.42% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$60 9,893 User benchmarks, average bench 274% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2338 1323 497 501 498 498 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,326 Write 2,387 Mixed 1,896 SusWrite 943 424% 1,888 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 83.7 299% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,197 DQ Write 940 DQ Mixed 1,125 826% 1,087 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 390%
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S325 256GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 238GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 318 318 318 302 317 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 406 Write 320 Mixed 262 SusWrite 315 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 23.9 81% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 126 105% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 91%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 793GB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 387 369 368 372 369 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 492 Mixed 402 SusWrite 390 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 53.5 188% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 260 222% 326 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 115%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 155GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 68 68 67 69 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 67.6 Write 65.6 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 67.4 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 47%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,276 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Read 24.6 Write 5.5 Mixed 8.4 SusWrite 10.9 14% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G36C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 12,218 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 45 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 40.2 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 29.8 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 38.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 36: 6R 2G 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
36%	17%	46	183	26	60	23.5"	1920 1080	SAM0B47 S24D590

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	629x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	341x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $185Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	243x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	200x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	190x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	161x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	59x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	61x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $554

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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