Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '21 at 13:23
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 77.4 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 96% 180 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 948 96% 780 Pts	64-Core 1,364 84% 1,364 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 141 Parallax 131 105% 134 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 133 Splatting 117 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,026 Write 2,283 Mixed 1,776 454% 2,028 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 77.3 281% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,360 DQ Write 1,195 DQ Mixed 1,259 949% 1,271 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 140GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 222 187 240 177 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 391 Write 387 Mixed 231 SusWrite 209 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 37.8 142% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 149 151% 243 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 127GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 127 125 118 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 11.5 Write 44 Mixed 44 SusWrite 122 41% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP Slim WH 2TB 1,237 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 223GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 21 28 29 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 16.2 Write 33.7 Mixed 29 SusWrite 26.4 20% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 68%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 123 122 122 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 122 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 32.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 33.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 109%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	603x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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