Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	16.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '23 at 02:52
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 5600G-$125 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 71.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 311 95% 181 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 892 95% 756 Pts	64-Core 1,023 63% 1,023 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU) 140,621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 1636) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.8 Reflection 21.3 Parallax 28.4 17% 23.5 fps	MRender 16.7 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 20.7 16% 20 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAI2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 419 443 451 450 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 437 Mixed 421 SusWrite 434 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 36 145% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 113 134% 228 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%
HP S700 120G 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 112GB free Firmware: S070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 360 379 383 384 384 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 377 Mixed 397 SusWrite 375 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 29.8 136% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 48.8 98% 192 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 127 126 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 113 Write 116 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 126 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 4133 2x8GB 1,563 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 21.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 97.1 41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 133%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	827x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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