Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.2% 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	205% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220225
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '22 at 23:04
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$81 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 78.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 89% 165 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 912 89% 731 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 862A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.2% Poor	Lighting 34.9 Reflection 47.8 Parallax 38.4 28% 40.4 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 27.3 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS500G 500GB 34,043 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8H40104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1280 1002 635 516 276 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,503 Write 1,564 Mixed 1177 SusWrite 650 274% 1,223 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 34.7 216% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 871 DQ Write 1,060 DQ Mixed 628 567% 853 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 244%
Kingston SKC600256G 256GB 6,756 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 108GB free Firmware: S4200102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 453 452 420 465 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 467 Mixed 440 SusWrite 439 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 62.2 208% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 266 226% 329 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 800GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 147 158 166 163 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 95 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 159 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 107%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 44GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 5.9 6 4.8 6 6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 26 Write 0.7 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 5.5 8% 8.48 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Mixed 0 37% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/8G BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FBD2 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.7% Very good	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 31.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 29.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 94%

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Gaming 78%

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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 $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,926x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	493x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	466x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	406x

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 $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	122x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	362x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	323x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $472

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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