Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	297% 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.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '23 at 07:54
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 75.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 260 85% 157 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 771 76% 623 Pts	64-Core 1,024 63% 1,024 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.6% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 61.1 52% 74.8 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 62.3 54% 65.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB512HBJQ-00000 512GB 7,447 User benchmarks, average bench 248% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXF7201Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1094 849 845 844 843 834 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,609 Write 2478 Mixed 1,879 SusWrite 885 439% 1,963 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 90 298% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,189 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 1,022 764% 1,023 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 316%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 88GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 49 50 49 49 20 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.7% Below average	Read 188 Write 108 Mixed 179 SusWrite 74.5 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 11 56% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 95.4 DQ Write 8.8 DQ Mixed 14.6 20% 39.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 285GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 81 78 78 79 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 97.6 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 78.9 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.5 205% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.BAGN8.40C0B GD2.1127WH.006 78.BAGN8.40C0B 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 66%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	318x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16