Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	75% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '21 at 06:18
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$153 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 85.8 1-Core 165 2-Core 326 103% 192 Pts	4-Core 645 8-Core 836 95% 741 Pts	64-Core 939 58% 939 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4630) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75% Very good	Lighting 90.8 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 83.6 74% 82.7 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 77.9 77% 96.4 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 935GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 426 459 463 411 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 477 Mixed 348 SusWrite 421 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 53.3 184% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 238 210% 315 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 122%
M.2 2280 SATA SSD 256GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 72GB free Firmware: SBFQE1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 138 122 119 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 356 Write 244 Mixed 253 SusWrite 149 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 26.9 122% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 156 129% 180 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 605GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 115 134 148 129 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 120 Write 89.8 Mixed 79 SusWrite 129 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 106%
Walgreen Infinitive 32GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 26GB free, PID 55a7 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 10 12 12 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 20.7 Mixed 22 SusWrite 11.3 27% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 3.7 276% 5.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M1Z3600C18 2x16GB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 48.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 37 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 34.6 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 121%

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

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Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,096 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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 $153Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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