Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.2% 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	181% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '22 at 01:55
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 2600-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 658 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 880 54% 880 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 22F7) CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.8.1 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.2% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 67.3 35% 56.4 fps	MRender 57.9 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 42.3 41% 51.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 256GB 2,095 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 342 552 249 402 262 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,642 Write 647 Mixed 1,015 SusWrite 389 204% 923 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 43.8 196% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 544 462% 676 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 235%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 430GB free Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 733 244 242 238 241 242 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,153 Write 1,262 Mixed 1,129 SusWrite 323 217% 967 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57 201% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 990 DQ Write 476 DQ Mixed 844 597% 770 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 237%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$78 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 220GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 37 36 37 36 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 58.4 Write 53.7 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 36 35% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 41%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 194GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 75 73 73 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 161 Write 60.1 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 72.6 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3200C18D4/8G KHX3200C16D4/16GX 24GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 35.8 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 31.3 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

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Typical B450 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 4,467 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,224x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	347x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	284x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	241x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	305x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	189x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	168x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Asrock B450 Steel Legend

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