Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	183% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '22 at 00:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 5600G-$137 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 70.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 301 93% 176 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 897 92% 741 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU) 140,621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 1636) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 22.1.1 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 23.8 14% 18.7 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 19.4 Splatting 18.4 13% 15 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0C-00AJM0 240GB 3,525 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 231800WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 134 135 135 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,388 Write 1015 Mixed 1,016 SusWrite 168 199% 897 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 74.1 275% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 647 DQ Write 811 DQ Mixed 559 469% 672 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 189%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 444GB free Firmware: 0001LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 97.8 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 100 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%
hp v165w 16GB 1,163 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 5307 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 8.1 8.1 7.8 8.6 8.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.5% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 4.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 7.8 12% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.5% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 1x8GB 3,623 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.4% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 99.5 40% 99.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 63%

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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%

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 $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 $274Bench 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 $40	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