Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.1% 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	114% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asrock B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201106
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '21 at 23:29
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 69.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 242 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 801 76% 631 Pts	64-Core 985 61% 985 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gainward(10B0 1C03) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 1751 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.1% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 55.4 Parallax 49.2 36% 49.6 fps	MRender 56.6 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 50.5 42% 51.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 444 446 443 452 445 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 455 Mixed 429 SusWrite 443 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 49.3 169% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 301 228% 310 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 31GB free Firmware: 5KHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 231 233 235 235 237 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 919 Write 340 Mixed 390 SusWrite 238 104% 472 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38.6 146% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 399 324% 473 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 141%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 19GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 497 Write 415 Mixed 398 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 53.9 183% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 361 274% 368 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 38GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 102 99 100 95 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 99.2 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 102 57% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 92%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 37GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 93 104 105 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.4 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 102 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE1 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE1 32GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 26.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 26 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 104%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	630x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	341x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	243x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	201x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	190x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	161x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 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	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	61x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $581

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