Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics96.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 06 '22 at 14:42
Run Duration170 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 73.4
1-Core 109
2-Core 261
79% 148 Pts
4-Core 479
8-Core 794
78% 637 Pts
64-Core 956
59% 956 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255
PNY(196E 1376) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.95
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96.5% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 91.9
Parallax 103
104% 107 fps
MRender 137
Gravity 89.6
Splatting 85.6
83% 104 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 96.5%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,428
Write 2,311
Mixed 1,340
450% 2,027 MB/s
4K Read 59.4
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 74.1
252% 86.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,099
DQ Write 848
DQ Mixed 994
738% 980 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32
112GB free
Firmware: JC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 40 24 27 29 26 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
19.9% Very poor
Read 39.9
Write 58.2
Mixed 36.3
SusWrite 28.9
30% 40.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 19.9%
Great: 70%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB
383GB free, PID 25e1
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 114 114 112 113 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
56.4% Above average
Read 116
Write 123
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 114
145% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.3
174% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 56.4%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown MMX2K16GD426C19 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.2% Very good
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 19.8
MC Mixed 28.1
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 17.9
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 93.9
43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,103 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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