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 (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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	203% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190718
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 16:46
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	0%

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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 693 66% 548 Pts	64-Core 939 58% 939 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 615 606 605 599 597 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,924 Write 1,746 Mixed 665 SusWrite 648 277% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 54 181% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 815 DQ Write 548 DQ Mixed 663 500% 675 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 254%
WDC WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB 14,337 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 52GB free Firmware: UK500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 102 190 216 181 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 456 Write 349 Mixed 233 SusWrite 192 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 19.7 75% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 46 47% 77.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 59%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 473GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 110 112 112 112 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 103 Write 94.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 109 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.7 393% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 70%
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$46 7,846 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 335GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 166 174 175 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 152 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 172 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 443GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 140 140 139 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 134 Mixed 87.3 SusWrite 139 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Adata 16GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 26 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

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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 $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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