Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '23 at 11:26
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 2600X-$189 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 76.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 646 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77% 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.8% Terrible	Lighting 4.8 Reflection 5 Parallax 3.7 4% 4.5 fps	MRender 4.3 Gravity 3.8 Splatting 4.8 4% 4.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.8% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dataram S40H 120G SSD 120GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1209B SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 137 176 178 175 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 418 Write 156 Mixed 159 SusWrite 155 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 8.3 68% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 87.1 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 13.4 33% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 521GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 109 105 107 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 76.7 Write 107 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 104 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 106%
SABRENT 1.5TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 654GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 90 90 89 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 62.5 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 88.8 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 61%
Toshiba MK5065GSX 500GB-$52 4,140 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 382GB free Firmware: GJ002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 68 67 68 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 71.8 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 67.8 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.6% 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 below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.9% 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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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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 $273	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 $168	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