Asrock B550 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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 Drive	196% 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	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.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B550 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210804
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 19:52
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (42^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 5600X-$153 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 80.6 1-Core 160 2-Core 298 97% 180 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 916 91% 742 Pts	64-Core 1,115 69% 1,115 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% ASRock(1849 5216) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.7.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 105 Reflection 124 Parallax 185 86% 138 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 116 Splatting 172 133% 162 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 527GB free (System drive) Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 957 485 262 357 365 352 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,144 Write 1,227 Mixed 1,144 SusWrite 463 224% 995 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 64.9 234% 88 MB/s	DQ Read 1,273 DQ Write 989 DQ Mixed 1,117 839% 1,126 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 276%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 794GB free Firmware: UH4504RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 216 181 177 210 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 432 Write 379 Mixed 305 SusWrite 209 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 10.5 68% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 82.5 DQ Mixed 33.3 43% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 58%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 690GB free Firmware: M6CR054 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 440 432 155 141 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 436 Write 420 Mixed 384 SusWrite 280 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 0.9 69% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 59.8 DQ Mixed 1.1 29% 73.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 34,252 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 32 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 30.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	391x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	227x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	145x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	158x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	94x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	61x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	53x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	60x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	31x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	30x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $702

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16