Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	275% 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	32GB 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 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210802
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '21 at 18:12
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 83.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 828 86% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,065 66% 1,065 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 128 Parallax 84.1 76% 102 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 80 Splatting 72.2 70% 88.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2279 799 804 801 800 808 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,665 Write 2,441 Mixed 1875 SusWrite 1,048 449% 2,007 MB/s	4K Read 70.7 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 95.5 317% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 76 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 93.2 78% 110 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 355%
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 147GB free Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 538 263 262 261 263 262 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 830 Write 850 Mixed 803 SusWrite 308 157% 698 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 52 191% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 699 DQ Write 700 DQ Mixed 230 302% 543 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 141%
Verbatim Desktop HDD 3.0 2TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2TB free, PID 0415 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 195 195 194 189 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 179 Write 172 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 192 215% 160 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 136% 5.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G36C16U4BL.M8FE1 4x8GB 2,090 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 42.6 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 28.4 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 42.6 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%

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

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	632x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	341x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $170Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	247x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	201x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	190x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	163x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	59x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	74x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	61x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $535

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16