Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	1.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	203% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '21 at 13:04
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 72.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 92% 173 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 857 90% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,059 66% 1,059 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 1529) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.74% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 2.4 Parallax 0.7 2% 1.73 fps	MRender 2.3 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 2 2% 2.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.74% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX8100NP 256GB 1,828 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 229 200 181 181 159 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,501 Write 378 Mixed 549 SusWrite 240 197% 917 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 78.5 176% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 610 DQ Mixed 715 522% 680 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 274%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 386GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 66 54 42 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 13.3 Write 35.1 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 51.2 23% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 90%
Samsung S2 Portable 320GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 74GB free, PID 1f03 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 39 40 40 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 19.6 Mixed 18.3 SusWrite 39.5 37% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-20-20 D4-3200 2x8GB 5,014 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 25.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 32: 5R 1G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
32%	13%	78	46	34	60	18.5"	1366 768	PHLC07F Philips 196VL

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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 $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 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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Total price: $525

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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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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