Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	253% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '21 at 18:38
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3400G-$98 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 69.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 80% 148 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 679 74% 585 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics 47,368 User benchmarks, average bench 16% AMD(1002 15D8) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 17 Parallax 33.1 19% 24.5 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 27.6 Splatting 17 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1820 420 391 405 412 373 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,489 Write 2,184 Mixed 1,570 SusWrite 637 384% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 78.1 253% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 993 DQ Write 608 DQ Mixed 854 622% 818 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 831GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 38 41 41 39 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD Elements 2620 5TB 4,390 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free, PID 2620 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 98 97 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 79 Write 88.1 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 97.3 115% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.8 246% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 10: 2R 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
10%	2%	106	332	262	60	26"	1366 768	GSM0000 LG TV

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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 $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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