Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	5.49% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '22 at 06:27
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	55%

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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 81.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 90% 167 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 823 86% 689 Pts	64-Core 826 51% 826 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	5.49% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 9 Parallax 9.2 6% 8.3 fps	MRender 7.5 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 6.3 6% 6.87 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.49% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 250GB SSD 250GB 3,590 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 86 111 112 142 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 1,389 Write 918 Mixed 757 SusWrite 119 176% 796 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 10.9 124% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 87 108% 199 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 209%
PNY CS900 960GB-$48 5,902 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 689GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 416 422 418 452 451 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 185 Write 105 Mixed 135 SusWrite 426 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 33 122% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 197 153% 207 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 104%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 406GB free Firmware: AX0R2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 91 93 92 93 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 82.1 Write 91.4 Mixed 13 SusWrite 92.1 50% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 93% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 499GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 129 131 129 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 81.4 Write 54.5 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 130 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 112%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 117 107 108 23 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 69.7 Write 122 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 80.7 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.7 205% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 67%
External USB3.0 1TB 2,106 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 135GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 71 68 70 69 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 68.4 Mixed 30 SusWrite 69.2 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 72%
VendorCo ProductCode 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 6.8 6.4 6.1 7.1 6.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.43% Terrible	Read 22 Write 7.2 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 6.6 11% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.43% Great: 7%
USB Flash DISK 64GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 52GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 6.5 9.1 9.1 8.2 8.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 17.7 Mixed 18 SusWrite 8.7 21% 15.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 2x8GB 22,419 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 36.6 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 35.2 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 98%

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,922x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	831x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	490x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	465x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	121x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	361x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	321x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16