Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% 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	94.4% 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	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	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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210628
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '22 at 01:01
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 77.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 714 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 912 56% 912 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 108 Parallax 110 98% 113 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 102 Splatting 91.3 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 166 144 107 128 124 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 473 Mixed 375 SusWrite 154 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 44.6 160% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 254 218% 321 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 111%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 152GB free Firmware: VB411D43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1078 1075 512 382 304 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,441 Write 1,122 Mixed 1,116 SusWrite 590 290% 1,317 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 68.8 231% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 738 DQ Write 776 DQ Mixed 800 590% 771 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 273%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 141GB free Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 438 440 438 438 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 445 Mixed 259 SusWrite 440 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 29.6 144% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 173 180% 296 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 200 209 215 215 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 194 Mixed 76 SusWrite 212 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 4x8GB 25,190 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 31.8 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 29.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 113%

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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%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16