Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	235% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '21 at 18:29
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 85.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 291 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 838 86% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,074 66% 1,074 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 200F) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 33.6 21% 28.9 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 24.4 Splatting 25.4 20% 25 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$46 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 511 509 511 512 511 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,774 Write 2,096 Mixed 1,545 SusWrite 516 333% 1,483 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 222 4K Mixed 80 300% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,057 DQ Write 778 DQ Mixed 843 650% 893 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 238%
Klevv NEO N400 SSD 240GB 1,111 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 223GB free Firmware: S1205A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 448 452 450 446 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 440 Mixed 394 SusWrite 449 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 32.8 150% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 44.3 86% 163 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 93%
Memory Ghost SSD 256GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 238GB free Firmware: Q0927A SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 271 269 271 270 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 460 Write 266 Mixed 210 SusWrite 270 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 13.4 120% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 68.7 98% 179 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 35.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 33.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	11	8	60	18.5"	1280 720	SAM0B36 S19D300

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	604x

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	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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