Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201102
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '20 at 20:05
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 287 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 831 80% 659 Pts	64-Core 1,078 67% 1,078 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,578 Write 2338 Mixed 1,495 474% 2137 MB/s	4K Read 68.9 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 93.9 325% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,369 DQ Write 1,216 DQ Mixed 1,269 958% 1,285 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 101GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 323 323 325 324 324 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 491 Mixed 470 SusWrite 346 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 60.9 209% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 103GB free Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 452 436 437 436 436 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 473 Mixed 398 SusWrite 443 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 46.8 161% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 220 185% 264 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 25GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 77 80 82 79 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 254 Write 81.3 Mixed 115 SusWrite 79.8 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 11.5 77% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 75.3 DQ Mixed 65.2 60% 93.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 269GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 118 144 157 142 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 170 Write 120 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 132 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3000NM0033-9ZM178 3TB 1,501 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 330GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 168 170 170 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 165 Mixed 93.9 SusWrite 168 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 102%
USB Flash Memory 8GB 2,269 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 2.1 3 2.4 2.7 3.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	4.89% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 7.4 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 2.5 12% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.89% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G36C16U4R.M8FE1 BL8G32C16U4R.M8FE1 BL8G36C16U4R.M8FE1 BL8G32C16U4R.M8FE1 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 38.4 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 27.9 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 37.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 98%

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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	1,221x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	346x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	282x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	240x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	304x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	188x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	167x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Asrock B450 Steel Legend

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PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)