Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics77.5% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200713
Uptime14.7 Days
Run DateOct 06 '21 at 02:20
Run Duration178 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
67.9% Good
Memory 73.5
1-Core 95.1
2-Core 181
66% 116 Pts
4-Core 339
8-Core 471
51% 405 Pts
64-Core 587
36% 587 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 67.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.5% Very good
Lighting 95.9
Reflection 105
Parallax 94.8
78% 98.7 fps
MRender 89.6
Gravity 96.2
Splatting 93.4
76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 74 86 71 83 65 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 121
Write 110
Mixed 41.3
SusWrite 74.3
63% 86.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 193 189 196 198 197 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
96.3% Outstanding
Read 141
Write 119
Mixed 70.8
SusWrite 195
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 96.3%
Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95
1.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 160 160 151 168 144 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Read 151
Write 153
Mixed 66.6
SusWrite 158
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown MD4U1632160DCW 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
46.6% Average
MC Read 17.4
MC Write 14.7
MC Mixed 14.9
45% 15.7 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 16.5
48% 17 GB/s
Latency 93.5
43% 93.5 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 46.6%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 0: 0R 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
0% 0% 0 8 6 60 23.1" 1280 720 GSM5872 E2351
Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,096 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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