Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.8% 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	257% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '21 at 23:20
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$190 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 75.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 734 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 1,308 81% 1,308 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 39.3 30% 39.5 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 27.8 28% 35.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 888 654 655 646 643 637 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,385 Write 1,933 Mixed 1,570 SusWrite 687 366% 1,644 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 79.4 261% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 925 672% 877 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 296%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 74GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 486 419 371 372 372 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 490 Mixed 444 SusWrite 402 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 58.9 195% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 375 282% 377 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 128%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 595GB free Firmware: MS2OA8L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 150 150 150 148 149 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 20.1 SusWrite 149 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 29.4 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 26.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 78%

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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 $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,926x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	611x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	493x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	466x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	406x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	122x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	362x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	323x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $472

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16