Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	257% 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '22 at 14:22
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	27%

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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-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 834 82% 669 Pts	64-Core 1,019 63% 1,019 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 155 Parallax 153 121% 152 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 130 Splatting 118 116% 145 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1198 1661 1770 1266 227 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1,594 Write 1,717 Mixed 1,587 SusWrite 1,048 335% 1,487 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 78.3 249% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 1,348 DQ Write 977 DQ Mixed 1,117 847% 1,147 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 295%
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 112GB free Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 77 76 77 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 462 Write 425 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 96.1 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 1.1 66% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 99.4 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 1.4 55% 126 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$50 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 733GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 139 140 142 141 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 108 Write 139 Mixed 98.4 SusWrite 140 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 87%
Samsung HD502HM 500GB 813 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 306GB free Firmware: 1AJ10201 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 13,312 Mixed 35.3 4,769% 6,674 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TYP4U3200E16082C 2x8GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 35.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 34.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 113%

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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	1,925x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $287Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	492x
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 $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $491

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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