Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87%, 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	264% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '22 at 06:41
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 254 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 870 80% 667 Pts	64-Core 1,111 69% 1,111 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87% 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 47.4 Parallax 42.5 36% 44.7 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 43 Splatting 37 32% 39.1 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% 636GB free (System drive) Firmware: STNSC016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1663 1075 920 937 939 943 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,966 Write 2,497 Mixed 1,994 SusWrite 1,079 425% 1,884 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 78 256% 94.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,018 DQ Write 779 DQ Mixed 928 686% 908 MB/s
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 264% 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: 1098 594 855 532 319 752 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 870 Write 272 Mixed 483 SusWrite 692 129% 579 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 67.9 212% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,021 DQ Write 830 DQ Mixed 938 699% 930 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 253%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 173GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 313 150 115 108 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 496 Write 453 Mixed 349 SusWrite 210 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 36.9 133% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 187 167% 251 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%
Kingston SV100S264G 64GB 1,876 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 57GB free Firmware: 120504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 120 143 142 139 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 176 Write 67.1 Mixed 124 SusWrite 133 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 12.3 47% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 12 DQ Write 28 DQ Mixed 13.5 12% 17.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 30%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 504GB free Firmware: 0604 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 104 116 162 162 162 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 125 Write 136 Mixed 63 SusWrite 134 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.7 224% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 74.7% 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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 35.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 36.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 111%

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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

Total price: $497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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