Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	182% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220225
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '24 at 17:32
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 5600X-$115 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 74.4 1-Core 165 2-Core 329 100% 190 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 894 95% 761 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.1% Good	Lighting 88.3 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 77.2 72% 81.7 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 66.4 64% 79.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ramsta R900 M.2 NVMe SSD 512GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: RI24V0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 614 851 965 203 1329 358 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,618 Write 1,201 Mixed 1,096 SusWrite 720 259% 1,159 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 22.6 195% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 723 DQ Write 82.2 DQ Mixed 177 186% 327 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 269%
Ramsta S800 1TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 66GB free Firmware: RY22V0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 446 435 279 24 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 468 Write 452 Mixed 276 SusWrite 275 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Mixed 2 77% 17.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MMX3A2K16GD432C16 2x8GB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB 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	64.6% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 24.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 24.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 102%

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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	48	32	165	27"	1920 1080	MDA0238 EG24S1

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
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	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16