Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	152% 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	91% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '22 at 01:55
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 5600-$126 9,841 User benchmarks, average bench 93% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 157 2-Core 315 101% 187 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 922 94% 760 Pts	64-Core 1,093 68% 1,093 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 8617) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 211 Parallax 206 182% 214 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 156 Splatting 136 132% 166 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNF128GCSS 128GB 2,061 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: FSTAN103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 423 421 444 292 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 425 Mixed 425 SusWrite 375 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 36.3 109% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 342 256% 342 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 172 172 178 177 177 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 111 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 175 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 536GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 133 134 137 139 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 151 Mixed 92.1 SusWrite 136 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 250% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$34 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 224GB free Firmware: 20.04F20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 76 78 79 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 82.5 Write 81.2 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 77.5 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MRX4U360JNNM8G 2x8GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 22.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 102%

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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	1,924x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	491x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	465x
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 $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $29	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