Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '20 at 13:54
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3500-$140 16,466 User benchmarks, average bench 81% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 78 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 91% 170 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 834 87% 700 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 85.5 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 79.9 70% 81.4 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 71.2 68% 84.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar SSD 256GB 6,360 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 206 209 213 210 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 479 Write 442 Mixed 363 SusWrite 224 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 27.8 143% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 34.2 75% 152 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 110%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 232GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1497 408 407 407 407 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,599 Write 2,173 Mixed 1,638 SusWrite 589 390% 1,750 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 90.4 311% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,000 DQ Write 1,144 DQ Mixed 1151 845% 1,098 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 302%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 644GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 127 129 129 130 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 76.7 Write 64 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 127 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 71%
Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB-$55 6,063 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 404GB free Firmware: DS001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 86 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 91.8 Mixed 39 SusWrite 86.1 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KD48GU88C-26N1900 2x8GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 30.6 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 28.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 107%

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

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	175x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16