Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99% 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

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Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '22 at 14:59
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 782 81% 649 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22F1) CLim: 1365 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.11.3 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 62 Parallax 91.4 54% 73.4 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 44.7 47% 59.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
NT-512 512GB 740 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190117D SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 343 320 342 333 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 480 Mixed 416 SusWrite 297 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 47.1 161% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 290 216% 283 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 548GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 111 114 114 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 102 Write 98.2 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 113 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3200C16K2E 2x8GB 6,228 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.6% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 22.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 21.9 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 109%

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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%

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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	603x

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	290x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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