Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	339% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '21 at 21:04
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 PRO 4650G 6,798 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 74.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 284 88% 165 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 842 87% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU) 162,082 User benchmarks, average bench 13% AMD(1002 1636) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.12.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 21.4 Parallax 29.2 18% 24.1 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 21.6 16% 19.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 863GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2296 2379 2362 2355 2309 2304 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 1,959 Write 2,173 Mixed 1,881 SusWrite 2,334 472% 2,087 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 72.7 232% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 896 DQ Mixed 1,002 757% 1,019 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 472%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 79 78 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 29.2 Write 77.8 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 79.4 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 64% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 72%
General UDisk 64GB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 28GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 5.5 6.2 10 5.4 8.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Read 34.5 Write 27.7 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 8.1 32% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 24% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G30C15U4W.M8FE 2x8GB 709 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 34.9 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 25.2 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 107%

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

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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 $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	462x
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 $290	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16