Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics79.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190822
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 14 '21 at 05:55
Run Duration207 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing below expectations (27th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Memory 75.5
1-Core 148
2-Core 295
92% 173 Pts
4-Core 580
8-Core 1019
96% 799 Pts
64-Core 1,437
89% 1,437 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.7% Very good
Lighting 99.7
Reflection 123
Parallax 208
81% 144 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 111
Splatting 76.5
77% 96.2 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,583
Write 2,169
Mixed 1,592
469% 2,115 MB/s
4K Read 67.8
4K Write 183
4K Mixed 93.5
319% 115 MB/s
DQ Read 1,006
DQ Write 1,127
DQ Mixed 1,156
846% 1,096 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Hs-ssd-c100 480G 480GB
150GB free
Firmware: S0222A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 57 172 38 39 54 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
45.9% Average
Read 501
Write 457
Mixed 27.2
SusWrite 129
62% 279 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 15.7
4K Mixed 1.2
50% 14.4 MB/s
DQ Read 191
DQ Write 19.5
DQ Mixed 16.8
35% 75.9 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 45.9%
Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
207GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 93 100 101 104 104 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
68.8% Good
Read 140
Write 162
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 100
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.6% Above average
MC Read 19.2
MC Write 17.3
MC Mixed 17
51% 17.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 18.2
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 89.2
45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 52.6%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,086 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: $524
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HDDRAMUSB
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