Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 12:53
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3500-$140 16,466 User benchmarks, average bench 81% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 77.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 90% 167 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 809 85% 680 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

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: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 78 Parallax 68 64% 74.8 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 74.7 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1027 1026 906 1086 981 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,446 Write 1,064 Mixed 965 SusWrite 849 242% 1,081 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 87 307% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 619 DQ Write 957 DQ Mixed 264 347% 613 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 242%
hp v220w 16GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 5a07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 7.3 8.8 9.6 8 9.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.94% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 2.8 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 8.2 10% 8.98 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.94% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 1x16GB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

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 $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 $178	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