Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	272% 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 00:40
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 81.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 288 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 898 90% 733 Pts	64-Core 1055 65% 1055 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 12D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 76.6 Parallax 65.8 60% 72.2 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 73.2 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 429 425 428 427 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,592 Write 2,243 Mixed 1,537 SusWrite 457 380% 1,707 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 87.7 304% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,000 DQ Write 1074 DQ Mixed 1,137 828% 1,070 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 302%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 199GB free Firmware: UJ500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 28 158 157 159 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 457 Write 352 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 159 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 18.1 71% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 25.9 40% 77.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 55%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 222GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 55 51 52 52 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 448 Write 380 Mixed 328 SusWrite 81.8 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 31 142% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 171 158% 240 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 920GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 196 199 200 200 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 126 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 196 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 20.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 110%

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

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	603x

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	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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