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 as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	261% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '22 at 03:44
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 138 58% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 848 59% 547 Pts	64-Core 1,110 69% 1,110 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 55GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 77 68 61 87 62 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 510 Write 448 Mixed 27.9 SusWrite 126 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 17.2 4K Mixed 13 75% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 1.3 76% 180 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 100%
WD Green 480GB (2018)-$69 25,452 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 51GB free Firmware: UG430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 93 50 32 23 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 440 Write 400 Mixed 198 SusWrite 82.8 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 8.9 71% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 34.3 45% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 60%
NE-1TB 1TB 2,390 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 861GB free (System drive) Firmware: U0520A0L SusWrite @10s intervals: 1481 1491 1516 1524 1496 1520 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 1,631 Write 1,508 Mixed 1,003 SusWrite 1,505 317% 1,412 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 24 223% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 857 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 422 459% 760 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 270%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: S3501102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 166 118 56 77 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 510 Write 450 Mixed 417 SusWrite 118 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 33.2 153% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 23.4 77% 160 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 79GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 80.1 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 2x8GB 28,435 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 19.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 108%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $15Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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