Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	177% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 08 '24 at 01:02
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 2600-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 668 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 882 55% 882 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 60.4 50% 62.2 fps	MRender 64.6 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 61.4 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SWORDFISH 250GB 3,637 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC0S0285 SusWrite @10s intervals: 880 877 393 105 76 95 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,851 Write 896 Mixed 977 SusWrite 404 228% 1,032 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 50.7 169% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 510 DQ Write 653 DQ Mixed 636 465% 600 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 233%
WDC WD20EZBX-00AYRA0 2TB 20,788 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 245GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 150 148 151 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 155 Write 166 Mixed 128 SusWrite 150 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 1.4 34% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1.5 DQ Write 9.5 DQ Mixed 1.4 2% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 46%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 33GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 81 80 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 83.1 Write 82.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 80.5 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 28.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 25: 0P 2R 3G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
25%	37%	30	190	7	75	24"	1280 720	AUS24A9 ASUS VP248QG

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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	1,919x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	828x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	608x

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	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	119x

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 $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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