Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '19 at 00:33
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$83 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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 75.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 263 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 809 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,036 64% 1,036 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 157 Parallax 168 138% 165 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 140 Splatting 103 110% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW256H6 256GB 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: LBF010C SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 115 101 101 102 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 487 Write 319 Mixed 368 SusWrite 121 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 37.5 146% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 220 154% 197 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 89%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 115GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 481 484 488 495 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 494 Mixed 320 SusWrite 485 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 39.1 147% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 68.7 134% 267 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 55GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 154 Write 108 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 102 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 209 210 208 206 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 150 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 209 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 125 124 118 125 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 124 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 120 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 28.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 27.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 111%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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) $37	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