Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190822
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 15 '20 at 01:54
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Memory 75.9
1-Core 105
2-Core 210
73% 131 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 694
68% 555 Pts
64-Core 1,125
70% 1,125 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 83%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WL1000GLSA64100 1TB
306GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N2.00C.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 79 80 62 57 73 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
57.5% Above average
Read 132
Write 60
Mixed 52.3
SusWrite 68.1
57% 78.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 57.5%
Great: 92%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
77.8% Very good
MC Read 30.6
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 26.7
81% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 25.9
SC Mixed 23.2
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 88.5
45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,100 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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