Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive203% 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.
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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory4.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime4.2 Days
Run DateJun 25 '22 at 13:08
Run Duration213 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing way below expectations (12th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
76.7% Very good
Memory 71.3
1-Core 133
2-Core 246
82% 150 Pts
4-Core 441
8-Core 705
70% 573 Pts
64-Core 914
57% 914 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
EVGA(3842 3755) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.59
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 161
Parallax 156
142% 164 fps
MRender 149
Gravity 131
Splatting 115
106% 131 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 124%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37
244GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 794 605 578 633 585 613 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
203% Outstanding
Read 1,568
Write 1,750
Mixed 1,338
SusWrite 635
297% 1,323 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 55
186% 68.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,186
DQ Write 790
DQ Mixed 997
741% 991 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 203%
Great: 297%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
413GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 397 379 395 361 371 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
99.3% Outstanding
Read 424
Write 426
Mixed 405
SusWrite 382
92% 409 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 75.3
4K Mixed 40.5
136% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 370
278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
64.4% Good
MC Read 26
MC Write 18.5
MC Mixed 25.9
67% 23.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 16.3
SC Mixed 20.4
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 98.4
41% 98.4 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 64.4%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,096 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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