Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	148% 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	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '24 at 14:09
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3600-$88 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 70.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 85% 160 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 825 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,026 64% 1,026 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4070-$500 45,585 User benchmarks, average bench 190% Zotac(19DA 2714) ≥ 4GB CLim: 3270 MHz, MLim: 6100 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 278 Parallax 296 132% 245 fps	MRender 359 Gravity 253 Splatting 198 213% 270 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 205%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Klevv NEO N400 SSD 240GB 1,111 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 148 20 97 55 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 469 Write 408 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 96.3 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 0.3 46% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 68.7 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 1.1 36% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 93%
V-GEN10SM21SCY512IN 512GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 179GB free Firmware: T1125A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 310 437 300 258 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 482 Write 450 Mixed 413 SusWrite 300 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 23.7 136% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 33.2 90% 185 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 11,125 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.1% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 24.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 112%

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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	44	26	165	23.8"	1280 720	AOC2402 24G2W1G3-

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,920x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	830x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	609x

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	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	119x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	361x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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