Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.3% 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	217% 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 B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '21 at 13:29
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$110 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 79.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 629 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.6% 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) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 16 Parallax 30.4 16% 22 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 26 Splatting 15.8 14% 16.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB 3,236 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11150012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1270 988 991 991 931 995 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,611 Write 2021 Mixed 1,663 SusWrite 1028 357% 1,581 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 57.3 189% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 720 DQ Write 688 DQ Mixed 696 525% 701 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 285%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 393GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 458 458 435 393 399 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 454 Mixed 430 SusWrite 431 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 50.4 173% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 297 245% 351 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 366GB free Firmware: M6CR052 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 448 448 447 446 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 433 Mixed 403 SusWrite 449 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 21.2 119% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 27.6 85% 176 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%
Seagate ST2000DM005-2CW102 2TB 18,723 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 167 168 169 169 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 111 Write 144 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 167 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 147 147 145 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 146 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/16GX 1x16GB 8,257 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	461x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16