Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '22 at 18:33
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 73.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 254 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 795 73% 610 Pts	64-Core 1,023 63% 1,023 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 81% 105 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 101 Splatting 86.3 76% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT343.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 594 406 262 272 318 308 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 547 Write 674 Mixed 555 SusWrite 360 120% 534 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 46 196% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 25.3 51% 96.4 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 277%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 392GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 171 167 172 169 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 150 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 169 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 156GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 122 121 121 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 126 Write 121 Mixed 80 SusWrite 121 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 109%
ASolid USB 32GB 292 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 28GB free, PID 205a Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 8.9 19 21 12 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 126 Write 38.8 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 16 48% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.3 86% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 35%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 8,520 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 21GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 34 12 13 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 115 Write 37.3 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 24.4 67% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 3.4 213% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 29.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 27.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $125Bench 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 $255Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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