Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1728 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '22 at 17:16
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

Watch Gameplay: 1660 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (56^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 (97^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 82.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 279 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 835 86% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1067) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 72.2 68% 79.5 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 67.5 56% 67.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 106GB free Firmware: R1210A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 31 6.1 39 39 6.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 514 Write 388 Mixed 322 SusWrite 48.3 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.4 44% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 101%
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 72GB free Firmware: P181106a SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 226 240 233 88 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 409 Write 242 Mixed 260 SusWrite 172 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 15.8 58% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 54.3 DQ Write 3.6 DQ Mixed 14.7 14% 24.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 99%
HP S700 1TB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 802GB free Firmware: T0430A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 438 438 440 440 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 455 Mixed 410 SusWrite 440 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 34.5 155% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 51.9 105% 209 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 146GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 965 674 674 675 675 674 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,550 Write 2,394 Mixed 1,698 SusWrite 723 411% 1,841 MB/s	4K Read 66.6 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 91.2 307% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,293 DQ Write 989 DQ Mixed 1,111 839% 1131 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 340%
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB 15,164 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 57 56 41 49 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 370 Mixed 129 SusWrite 85.7 186% 255 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 8.9 1,789% 10.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 160%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 33.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 32.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 112%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,102 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16