Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.4% 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 Drive	97% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 11:23
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 64.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 89% 170 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 831 86% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,084 67% 1,084 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 146 Parallax 213 101% 161 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 98.3 94% 117 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GB 12,305 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 217 222 223 221 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 325 Write 258 Mixed 117 SusWrite 221 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 50 181% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 263 215% 308 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 105%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 931GB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 416 371 376 367 377 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 486 Mixed 407 SusWrite 395 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 49.9 174% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 256 218% 321 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 117%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 529GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 357 354 357 353 359 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 431 Mixed 341 SusWrite 364 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 25.6 140% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 162 174% 291 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 115%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 52 52 52 52 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 66 SusWrite 50.3 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 173% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB 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	67.7% Good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 26.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 24.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 57: 7R 5G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
57%	17%	111	318	247	144	31.5"	2560 1440	VTK0315 GNV32DB-DP

History: Score 48: 5R 5G 8B | Score 57: 7R 5G 7B

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	603x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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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