Asrock Z690 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 126% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 130%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	55% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	619% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z690 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20231012
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '24 at 15:19
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-14700K-$389 5,171 User benchmarks, average bench 130% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 20 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 228 2-Core 457 133% 258 Pts	4-Core 909 8-Core 1,709 156% 1,309 Pts	64-Core 3707 229% 3707 Pts
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 73.8 56% 72.5 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 57.4 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT2000T500SSD8 2TB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 487% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: P8CR002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4940 4945 4938 4087 1960 1766 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	619% Outstanding	Read 4,515 Write 4,857 Mixed 3,080 SusWrite 3,773 913% 4,056 MB/s	4K Read 88.2 4K Write 280 4K Mixed 130 449% 166 MB/s	DQ Read 1,754 DQ Write 1,330 DQ Mixed 1,535 1,150% 1,540 MB/s
Poor: 244% ↑ This bench: 619% Great: 682%
Micron_M510_MTFDDAK128MAZ 128GB 278 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 81GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 185 185 185 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 471 Write 185 Mixed 232 SusWrite 185 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 36.8 133% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 171 148% 222 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 510GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 154 151 152 150 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 141 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 152 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2100 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 36.6 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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	59	60	110.6"	1280 720	GRU4448 GRUNDIG TV

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Typical Z690 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 996 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 209%

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Desktop 114%

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Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z690 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $214Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	288x
Core i5-12600KIntel $163Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	185x
Core i9-12900KIntel $291Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	130x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	136x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	94x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	72x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	83x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	39x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	41x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	21x
CMN32GX4M2Z3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 102%, 1,738 samples	19x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,231

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16