Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '21 at 15:30
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 69.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 297 89% 170 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 941 91% 747 Pts	64-Core 1,414 88% 1,414 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3791) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 128 Parallax 115 90% 118 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 125 Splatting 111 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253X1120G 120GB 1,708 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 76.2 Write 206 Mixed 21.3 23% 101 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 20.4 68% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 50.8 DQ Write 99.3 DQ Mixed 146 91% 98.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$40 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 150 151 151 147 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 155 Write 137 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 147 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 86%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 64GB 7,850 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 27GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 8.1 8.5 8.5 8.7 9 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 10.5 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 8.2 17% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 3.1 194% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 18,139 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 112%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,124 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	461x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $496

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