Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	165% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '23 at 20:38
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G-$104 181,631 User benchmarks, average bench 60% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 329 44% 330 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU) 85,536 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 15DD) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 23.20.00.39 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S5 256GB 6,098 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC0S036H SusWrite @10s intervals: 985 1009 1022 1066 995 235 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,339 Write 1,050 Mixed 934 SusWrite 885 236% 1,052 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 42.6 140% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 311 234% 314 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 241%
Galax T0120A 120GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 112GB free Firmware: SBFM91.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 200 192 198 198 198 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 304 Write 274 Mixed 250 SusWrite 209 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 28.5 108% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 183 158% 231 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 216GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 129 129 130 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 133 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 129 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 69%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$27 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 87 86 87 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 77.2 Write 82.1 Mixed 44 SusWrite 86.1 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 33.6 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 26.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

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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	66	54	60	72.3"	1296 759	SNY6604 SONY TV

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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	828x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	462x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $489

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $542	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16