Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	147% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '22 at 21:19
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 76.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 807 76% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,236 76% 1,236 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 178 Parallax 170 132% 170 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 167 Splatting 116 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M2 Series NVMe S 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 968 1027 1053 1091 766 322 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	147% Outstanding	Read 1,001 Write 890 Mixed 826 SusWrite 871 202% 897 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 24 135% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 83.8 DQ Write 571 DQ Mixed 72 131% 242 MB/s
Poor: 146% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 190%
SK hynix SC401 S 512GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 49GB free Firmware: 9000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 369 294 283 280 262 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 481 Write 279 Mixed 375 SusWrite 313 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 26.8 98% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 121 125% 197 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 83%
Hitachi HUA72303 3TB 237 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 832GB free Firmware: MKAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 80 85 82 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 91 Write 82.7 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 82.1 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 110%

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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%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,920x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	829x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	608x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	490x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 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	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	119x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	361x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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