Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	190% 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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 20:23
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 76.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 910 89% 728 Pts	64-Core 1,052 65% 1,052 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 143 Parallax 151 121% 148 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 122 Splatting 100 105% 134 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 990 377 296 294 294 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,428 Write 994 Mixed 1,075 SusWrite 424 218% 980 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 65.5 224% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 704 DQ Write 993 DQ Mixed 717 579% 805 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 223%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 679GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 482 481 486 488 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 488 Mixed 421 SusWrite 484 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 55.7 189% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 306 250% 354 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 206 211 208 199 205 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Memorex USB Flash Drive 32GB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 29GB free, PID 7722 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.9 5.5 1.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	5.89% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 1.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 3.6 9% 9.07 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.89% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 33.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 32.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 107%

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

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	603x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
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	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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