Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	196% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190718
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 19:59
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 68.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 288 89% 168 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 926 91% 746 Pts	64-Core 1296 80% 1296 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 153 Parallax 140 119% 146 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 143 Splatting 112 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 290 290 292 292 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 491 Mixed 422 SusWrite 309 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.8 210% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 367 277% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 169GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 491 396 289 290 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 493 Mixed 450 SusWrite 372 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.3 220% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 46 99 87 78 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,530 Write 1,534 Mixed 1,126 SusWrite 152 242% 1,086 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 80.4 288% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 960 DQ Mixed 273 360% 638 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 23.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 110%

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

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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 $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $157Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	602x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	457x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	257x
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	357x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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