Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '23 at 22:36
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 7 5800X3D-$300 20,824 User benchmarks, average bench 104% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 162 2-Core 308 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 638 8-Core 1,060 104% 849 Pts	64-Core 1,471 91% 1,471 Pts
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,337 Write 2,160 Mixed 1,503 445% 2,000 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 79.8 274% 97.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,246 DQ Write 1,060 DQ Mixed 1,130 853% 1,145 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 142GB free Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 481 482 477 471 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 336 Mixed 383 SusWrite 476 90% 396 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 39.1 144% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 216 188% 275 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%
Jmicron Generic 480GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 103GB free Firmware: 6101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 309 339 343 343 343 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 230 Write 103 Mixed 106 SusWrite 336 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 21.3 68% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 63.1 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 132 86% 99 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 74%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 137GB free Firmware: S3H01103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 352 286 252 93 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 462 Write 328 Mixed 378 SusWrite 248 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.4 136% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 97.8 127% 223 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 102%
JMicron 960GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 132GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 308 338 342 341 342 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 156 Write 64.7 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 335 33% 147 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 9.6 39% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 14.3 DQ Mixed 15 11% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 48.6 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 38.9 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 32.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 38.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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Gaming 78%

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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	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
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	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	318x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16