Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.4% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '20 at 09:42
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 78.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 734 77% 615 Pts	64-Core 929 58% 929 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% ASRock(1849 1001) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.7% Poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 155 0% 80.1 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 106 Splatting 121 87% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 21 40 51 13 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 324 Write 85.8 Mixed 163 SusWrite 47.6 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 25.9 98% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 99.7 87% 130 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 85%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 167GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 464 270 251 253 253 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 430 Write 461 Mixed 358 SusWrite 327 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 34.7 119% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 323 244% 327 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AESB.M16FE 1x16GB 798 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.8 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 64%

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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%

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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 $151Bench 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