Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	118% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 21:35
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 87.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 605 8-Core 883 93% 744 Pts	64-Core 1147 71% 1147 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 277 226 232 228 231 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 494 Mixed 398 SusWrite 257 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 62.2 210% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 374 281% 376 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 465GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 107 114 116 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 105 Write 47.5 Mixed 42 SusWrite 109 55% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%
Toshiba MK5065GSX 500GB-$52 4,140 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 432GB free Firmware: GJ002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 60 61 60 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 61.8 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 60.9 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 42%
Seagate ST500LM024-1RS152 500GB 242 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 223GB free Firmware: 0001SDM7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 122 126 125 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 124 71% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G36C16U4W.M8FE1 2x8GB 3,865 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 38.3 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 29.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 38.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 118%

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

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Gaming 99%

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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 $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	628x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	341x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	243x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	200x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	189x
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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	61x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

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