Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1728 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '22 at 17:23
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 305 97% 180 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 917 91% 741 Pts	64-Core 1,200 74% 1,200 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 106GB free Firmware: R1210A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 23 6.1 48 31 6.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 512 Write 385 Mixed 318 SusWrite 48 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 14.5 66% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 55.6 DQ Write 2.7 DQ Mixed 0.4 8% 19.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 101%
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 72GB free Firmware: P181106a SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 189 211 198 178 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 420 Write 194 Mixed 212 SusWrite 166 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 15.9 58% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 47.1 DQ Write 1.5 DQ Mixed 17.1 14% 21.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 99%
HP S700 1TB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 802GB free Firmware: T0430A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 441 441 441 439 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 451 Mixed 411 SusWrite 442 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 34.1 155% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 53.6 96% 184 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 146GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 972 674 674 676 675 674 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,543 Write 2,393 Mixed 1,786 SusWrite 724 416% 1,861 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 90 304% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,380 DQ Write 1,076 DQ Mixed 1,197 904% 1,218 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 340%
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB 15,164 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 104 113 94 58 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 374 Mixed 293 SusWrite 112 229% 308 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 6.3 1,428% 8.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 160%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 33.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 34 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 112%

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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	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	828x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	462x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16