Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	28% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221020
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '24 at 07:14
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 235 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 774 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 1,196 74% 1,196 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 121 Parallax 126 109% 126 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 106 Splatting 90.9 90% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 32 26 132 14 22 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28% Poor	Read 229 Write 96.2 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 72.9 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 10.9 45% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 100%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 263GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 447 450 446 448 445 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 501 Write 443 Mixed 406 SusWrite 448 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 0.8 62% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 49.5 DQ Mixed 0.9 30% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 100%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$210 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 479 482 479 480 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 474 Mixed 458 SusWrite 479 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 57.1 181% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 373 281% 375 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G36C16U4WL.M8FE1 2x8GB 1,904 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 34.8 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 30.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 7: 0P 0R 2G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
7%	11%	28	204	29	60	27"	1280 720	BNQ78EC BenQ GL2780

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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	1,921x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	830x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	609x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 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	121x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	361x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	321x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $494

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $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