Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% 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 @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210506
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 14:39
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$144 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 88.5 1-Core 168 2-Core 326 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 970 98% 797 Pts	64-Core 1,135 70% 1,135 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Nvidia(10DE 1324) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.7% Good	Lighting 88.8 Reflection 88 Parallax 76.6 72% 84.5 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 70.1 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1111 657 627 620 591 597 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,038 Write 2245 Mixed 1,735 SusWrite 700 377% 1,680 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 78.8 283% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,348 DQ Write 1,046 DQ Mixed 1,160 878% 1,185 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 288%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 108GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 474 476 476 476 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 475 Mixed 442 SusWrite 476 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 55.2 194% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 297 244% 349 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 120GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 139 138 139 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 111 Write 88.9 Mixed 27 SusWrite 138 66% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 325GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 77 77 76 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 76.3 Write 49.8 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 75.4 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 117GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 70.9 Write 71.6 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 74.1 45% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD 2x8GB 707 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 33.5 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 29.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 33.8 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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 $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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