Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive277% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201103
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 25 '22 at 19:31
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$153
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 80.4
1-Core 134
2-Core 264
87% 159 Pts
4-Core 498
8-Core 749
77% 623 Pts
64-Core 952
59% 952 Pts
Poor: 83%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 107%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
Gigabyte(1458 407D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
65.4% Good
Lighting 78.4
Reflection 112
Parallax 71.2
64% 87.1 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 77.6
Splatting 70
68% 86 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45
356GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P2CR048 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1573 1659 1882 1889 1896 1895 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
277% Outstanding
Read 1,137
Write 1,885
Mixed 1,377
SusWrite 1,799
352% 1,550 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 173
4K Mixed 74.6
261% 98.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,026
DQ Write 801
DQ Mixed 957
704% 928 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 277%
Great: 253%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 163 151 163 162 162 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
79% Very good
Read 119
Write 142
Mixed 72.4
SusWrite 157
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 79%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
MC Read 35.9
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 32.1
87% 30.6 GB/s
SC Read 22.9
SC Write 23
SC Mixed 33
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 79.8
50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,096 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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HDDRAMUSB
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