Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 16:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 74 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 82% 152 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 763 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 964 60% 964 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 133 Parallax 117 96% 122 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 101 Splatting 96.3 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ870400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 113 129 124 127 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 414 Write 307 Mixed 284 SusWrite 149 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 11.1 69% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 17.9 35% 71.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 55%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 128GB free Firmware: ES13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 90 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 82.9 Write 82.4 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 90.2 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 60%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 233GB free Firmware: FH100-06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 96 94 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 94.2 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 94.7 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 32.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 32.9 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 94%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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