Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 17:24
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 704 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 945 58% 945 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 67.8 56% 68.4 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 63.8 Splatting 53.4 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 274 273 273 274 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 493 Mixed 386 SusWrite 285 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 54.9 189% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 234 214% 328 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 118%
MK0400GEYKD 400GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 231GB free Firmware: 4IWTHPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 455 460 462 462 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 406 Write 464 Mixed 317 SusWrite 459 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 39.8 154% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 292 226% 310 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 425GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 109 110 108 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 109 Write 37.3 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 111 61% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 213% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 888GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 105 108 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 99 Write 71.2 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 106 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 68%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 416GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 98 98 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 99.5 Mixed 54 SusWrite 97.5 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 23.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79% 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%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $142Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 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	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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