Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% 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	218% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '24 at 20:27
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 77.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 219 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 649 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 3860) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 145 Parallax 143 121% 146 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 129 Splatting 116 113% 142 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 51,051 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1359 461 419 514 355 388 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2057 Write 2,054 Mixed 1,844 SusWrite 583 366% 1,634 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 64.1 216% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 904 DQ Write 573 DQ Mixed 773 567% 750 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 300%
Team T253X1120G 120GB 1,708 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 42GB free Firmware: SBFQ61C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 233 88 64 82 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 457 Write 344 Mixed 331 SusWrite 101 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 33.5 135% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 200 176% 261 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 429GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 159 158 158 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 132 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 159 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2666 CL19 8GB DDR4-2666 C19 8GB 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 29.5 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 25.9 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 85.3 47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

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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	165	23.5"	1280 720	AUS242A ASUS VG249Q1A

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,924x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $287Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	491x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	465x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	406x

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 $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	122x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	362x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	323x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $491

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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