Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.2% 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	86.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200707
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 14:30
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 67.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 252 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 749 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 93.3 Reflection 143 Parallax 81.3 76% 106 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 91.4 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 480GB 5,317 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP613PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 155 281 96 95 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 446 Write 370 Mixed 342 SusWrite 168 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 38.9 147% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 207 181% 266 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 106%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 112GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 150 165 166 163 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 164 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 25.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 23.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 110%

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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%

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 $125Bench 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 $274Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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