Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '21 at 13:14
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 285 89% 168 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 544 66% 506 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.5% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 83.6 74% 87.9 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 71.4 70% 88.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 510 Write 494 Mixed 389 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 41.5 153% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 209 194% 298 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 97%
Asgard AN3 1TNVMe-M.2/80 1TB 744 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 804GB free Firmware: 42A7T36A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2231 2231 2239 2245 1194 859 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	369% Outstanding	Read 2,578 Write 2,220 Mixed 1,514 SusWrite 1,833 456% 2,036 MB/s	4K Read 64.9 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 93.9 320% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,285 DQ Write 1,174 DQ Mixed 511 580% 990 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 369% Great: 377%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 256GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 112 113 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 70.9 Write 68.2 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 111 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 116% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL18-22-22 D4-3600 2x8GB 2,960 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.9 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 25 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 109%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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