Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	168% 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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210803
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 13:03
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$200 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 81.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 277 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 944 89% 739 Pts	64-Core 1,376 85% 1,376 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% XFX(1EAE 6601) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.11.3 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 136 Parallax 306 118% 195 fps	MRender 234 Gravity 145 Splatting 171 148% 183 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 109 400 58 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,367 Write 920 Mixed 865 SusWrite 144 183% 824 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 75.3 270% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 603 DQ Mixed 19.4 141% 317 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 209%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 484GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 472 472 474 475 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 476 Mixed 405 SusWrite 474 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 54.7 188% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 291 242% 347 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 988GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 190 186 186 183 191 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 123 Write 72.2 Mixed 79 SusWrite 188 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 772GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 102 109 108 98 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 73.1 Write 76.1 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 106 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 34.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 34.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	604x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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