Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 14:51
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 73.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 610 59% 487 Pts	64-Core 1,028 64% 1,028 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.8% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 44 57% 61 fps	MRender 62.3 Gravity 67 Splatting 65.2 53% 64.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03070009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 51 47 78 51 55 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.7% Average	Read 272 Write 21 Mixed 125 SusWrite 59.1 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 26.9 92% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 53.5 DQ Mixed 61.6 57% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 85%
SanDisk X400 128GB-$53 920 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 23GB free Firmware: X4162000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 91 108 85 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 456 Write 312 Mixed 326 SusWrite 108 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 36.2 125% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 233 195% 284 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 29GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 50 51 50 52 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 17.5 Write 56.8 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 51.3 29% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 112%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 28GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 48 50 52 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 35.8 Write 8.3 Mixed 20 SusWrite 49.9 21% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 41%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 69GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 38 39 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 37.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 37.8 49% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 78.C1GQ9.C7C0B 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.1% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 11 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 10.5 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 94 43% 94 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 33%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,233x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	382x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $160Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	348x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $226Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	287x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	243x
RTX 2060Nvidia $269Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	237x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	91x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	87x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	80x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	306x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	190x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	170x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363

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