Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


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 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '24 at 06:04
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 7 5700X-$160 15,311 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 84.4 1-Core 172 2-Core 344 106% 200 Pts	4-Core 684 8-Core 1,069 108% 876 Pts	64-Core 1,495 92% 1,495 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% ASRock(1849 5217) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 134 Parallax 166 71% 129 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 140 113% 139 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 851GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 464 485 486 487 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 487 Mixed 345 SusWrite 467 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 35.3 166% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 207 195% 305 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%
WDC WD121PURP-74B5SY0 12TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 11TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 245 245 244 244 248 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 238 Write 236 Mixed 118 SusWrite 245 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 2.3 11% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 157 156 158 157 156 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 152 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 157 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 4x8GB 25,190 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 31.5 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 34 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 113%

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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	70	58	60	31.5"	1920 1080	VIZ1027 D32f-G1

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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	1,919x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	828x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	608x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	490x
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	119x

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 $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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