Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	228% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210802
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '21 at 12:56
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$150 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 79.6 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 99% 186 Pts	4-Core 615 8-Core 898 94% 756 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 70 Parallax 62.9 53% 65.9 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 54.4 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 696GB free (System drive) Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1314 380 370 380 363 359 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,479 Write 1,798 Mixed 1,453 SusWrite 528 296% 1,314 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 79.8 282% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,292 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 1,160 855% 1,130 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 276%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 509GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 462 460 468 450 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 470 Mixed 411 SusWrite 456 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.7 186% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 300 246% 350 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 111GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 127 127 127 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 466 Mixed 380 SusWrite 164 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 53.2 196% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 178 187% 307 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 31.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 34.3 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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 35: 3R 5G 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
35%	13%	100	343	280	60	24"	1920 1080	ACI2494 VE248

History: Score 39: 4R 4G 7B | Score 35: 3R 5G 5B

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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