Asrock B550 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	290% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B550 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '21 at 21:42
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 68.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 263 86% 159 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 769 75% 617 Pts	64-Core 1,002 62% 1,002 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 136 Parallax 126 98% 128 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 130 Splatting 113 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 749GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2387 2516 1193 1131 1123 1135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 1,561 Write 2,437 Mixed 1,765 SusWrite 1581 416% 1836 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 76.2 259% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,293 DQ Write 964 DQ Mixed 1,096 828% 1,118 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 284%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8266.C8FE 2x8GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 28.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 25.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 6: 1R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
6%	3%	66	107	4	144	27"	1920 1080	SPT0AB8 Sceptre L27

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $15Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	391x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $15Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	227x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	145x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	158x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	94x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	61x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	53x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	60x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	31x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	30x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $565

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 $15	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