Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 191% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 176% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	207% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220225
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '23 at 22:27
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 5600-$139 9,841 User benchmarks, average bench 93% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 74.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 318 95% 181 Pts	4-Core 626 8-Core 890 95% 758 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Palit(1569 F278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	207% Outstanding	Lighting 303 Reflection 281 Parallax 312 247% 298 fps	MRender 350 Gravity 255 Splatting 188 208% 264 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 96 11 80 5.4 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 467 Write 424 Mixed 419 SusWrite 81.3 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 1.2 60% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 5.1 DQ Mixed 47.9 47% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 100%
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 118GB free Firmware: S5Z44106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 333 383 377 380 379 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,864 Write 1,214 Mixed 1,144 SusWrite 398 256% 1,155 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 66.8 225% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 217 194% 289 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 236%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 43GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 92 93 86 68 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 89.2 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 86.3 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 228GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 48 49 49 48 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 62 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 47.4 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500514NS 500GB-$19 1,968 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 35GB free Firmware: SN12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 107 114 112 112 114 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 87.6 Write 87 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 112 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 26.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 26.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 125%

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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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Gaming 78%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	462x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
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	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16