Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190718
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 27 '23 at 15:21
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 12%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$185
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 82.4
1-Core 122
2-Core 238
82% 148 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 707
68% 562 Pts
64-Core 904
56% 904 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.68
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
87.5% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 126
Parallax 116
87% 116 fps
MRender 92.9
Gravity 120
Splatting 108
88% 107 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M 250GB
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 138 199 215 155 189 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 111%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23
289GB free
Firmware: 18.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 107 107 108 107 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
61.7% Good
Read 108
Write 104
Mixed 52.8
SusWrite 107
68% 92.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 61.7%
Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS721010A9 1TB
784GB free
Firmware: JB0O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 121 114 114 114 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
70.3% Very good
Read 131
Write 105
Mixed 37.1
SusWrite 114
70% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown MSD48G30M3 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 41.6
MC Write 36.8
MC Mixed 34.6
108% 37.7 GB/s
SC Read 27.2
SC Write 38.6
SC Mixed 30.9
92% 32.2 GB/s
Latency 76.1
52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 104%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $494
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