Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

16 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210803
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '23 at 18:40
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$199 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 73 1-Core 175 2-Core 342 103% 197 Pts	4-Core 646 8-Core 1,076 105% 861 Pts	64-Core 1,513 94% 1,513 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 134 Parallax 125 100% 127 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 111 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 1TB 1,067 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 631GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 425 419 436 431 435 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 468 Mixed 362 SusWrite 427 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 31.9 123% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 163 142% 205 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 120%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 884GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 391 392 395 397 395 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 401 Write 404 Mixed 363 SusWrite 392 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 31.2 102% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 219 161% 214 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 99%
PNY CS900 500GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 461GB free Firmware: CS90 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 422 419 427 433 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 423 Write 250 Mixed 345 SusWrite 423 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 24.9 107% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 63.6 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 82.2 100% 167 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$46 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.5% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 24.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 24.7 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 94.7 42% 94.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 9: 1R 1G 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
9%	21%	14	194	15	60	23"	1920 1080	ACI23D2 ASUS VS239

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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 $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,920x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	829x
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	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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $498

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