Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 11 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '23 at 21:20
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$175 142,983 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 (84^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 78.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 220 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 696 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.7% 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)	3.92% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 4.6 Parallax 3.8 4% 4.47 fps	MRender 4.3 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.92% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Dataram S40H 120G SSD 120GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1209B SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 17 112 116 140 28 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 371 Write 21.1 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 72.1 26% 123 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 9.2 61% 13.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$40 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 456GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 122 118 122 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 95.6 Write 103 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 116 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 106%
SABRENT 1.5TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 620GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 91 90 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 64.6 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 89.5 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 61%
Toshiba MK5065GSX 500GB-$52 4,140 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 377GB free Firmware: GJ002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 63.7 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 70.1 40% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.6% 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 26 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	31.5"	1280 720	PHLC20F PHL 322E1

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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 $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,926x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	493x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	466x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	406x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	122x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	362x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	323x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $472

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16