Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	17.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '22 at 16:52
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$185 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 61.6 1-Core 62.7 2-Core 127 49% 83.8 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 282 33% 256 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8572) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.46% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 4.4 Parallax 3.4 3% 4 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.46% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dataram S40H 120G SSD 120GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1209B SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 50 94 34 136 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 390 Write 109 Mixed 155 SusWrite 92.4 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 7.1 59% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 86.6 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 12.1 33% 70.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 69GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 113 99 105 128 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 168 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 125 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 106%
SABRENT 1.5TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 573GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 90 88 88 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 87.9 Write 66.5 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 88 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 61%
Toshiba MK5065GSX 500GB-$52 4,140 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 386GB free Firmware: GJ002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 66 70 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 57.9 Write 68.9 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 69.1 40% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB 4,372 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 25.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 11.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,922x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	831x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	490x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	465x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

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 $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	121x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	361x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	321x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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) $39	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