Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	215% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210803
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '22 at 06:23
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 235 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 783 72% 605 Pts	64-Core 1,066 66% 1,066 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 42.5 36% 44.7 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 37 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB 11,818 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 637GB free (System drive) Firmware: STNSC016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1006 882 911 946 958 955 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,756 Write 2,355 Mixed 1,768 SusWrite 943 385% 1,705 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 38.1 156% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,004 DQ Write 813 DQ Mixed 882 667% 899 MB/s
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 492%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 320GB free Firmware: P2CR012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1080 602 446 436 405 414 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 968 Write 651 Mixed 1,080 SusWrite 564 183% 816 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 66.7 223% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 808 DQ Mixed 878 671% 913 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 253%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 173GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 328 142 114 107 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 444 Write 445 Mixed 326 SusWrite 207 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 34.8 118% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 188 169% 255 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 92%
Kingston SV100S264G 64GB 1,876 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 57GB free Firmware: 120504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 134 126 126 143 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 239 Write 140 Mixed 106 SusWrite 132 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 23.1 4K Mixed 13.6 47% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 11.6 DQ Write 17 DQ Mixed 15.1 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 30%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 504GB free Firmware: 0604 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 144 138 141 154 143 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 97.2 Write 96.8 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 148 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.6 217% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 12,012 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 35.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 31.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 111%

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

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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	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	461x
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	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 77% - Very good

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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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16