Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '24 at 00:13
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 74.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 81% 149 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 866 81% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,240 77% 1,240 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% PowerColor(148C 2410) ≥ 4GB; AXRX 6700 XT 12GBD6-3DHL Ram: 12GB, Driver: 23.12.1 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 131 Parallax 284 107% 182 fps	MRender 234 Gravity 142 Splatting 195 156% 190 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$80 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 82 79 81 83 85 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 484 Mixed 449 SusWrite 109 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 49.3 164% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 128%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 931GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 460 459 458 462 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 470 Mixed 409 SusWrite 460 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 47.4 153% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 291 240% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
Generic Externa 1TB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 690GB free Firmware: 0056 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 118 119 119 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 120 Write 124 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 119 72% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 74%
HGST HUS 724020ALA640 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 410GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 40 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.7% Poor	Read 39 Write 39.7 Mixed 36.1 SusWrite 40.6 53% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3600C18K2D 2x8GB 3,183 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.7% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 122%

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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	144	24.5"	1280 720	LEN65FE LEN G25-10

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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 $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
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	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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Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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