Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	218% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '21 at 04:37
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 83 1-Core 151 2-Core 299 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 863 89% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,092 68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 04E2) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.10.4 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 142 Parallax 220 106% 164 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 139 Splatting 90.9 92% 115 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 256 253 259 259 261 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2727 Write 1,092 Mixed 1,153 SusWrite 290 288% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 56.3 257% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 298 225% 305 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 271%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 457GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 138 139 137 134 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 146 Mixed 78.4 SusWrite 135 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 106%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.2 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	4.66% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 3 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 2.4 8% 7.95 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.66% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 35.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 26.6 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 35.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 111%

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

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	175x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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