Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics94.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive257% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '20 at 23:22
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$199
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
96% Outstanding
Memory 87.1
1-Core 150
2-Core 300
97% 179 Pts
4-Core 564
8-Core 846
88% 705 Pts
64-Core 1,088
67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 96%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
94.8% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 132
Parallax 115
99% 123 fps
MRender 94.5
Gravity 120
Splatting 101
86% 105 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 94.8%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 596 261 262 264 262 261 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
257% Outstanding
Read 2472
Write 1,311
Mixed 1,294
SusWrite 318
298% 1,349 MB/s
4K Read 64.4
4K Write 167
4K Mixed 86.5
297% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 980
DQ Write 1,108
DQ Mixed 1,011
770% 1,033 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 257%
Great: 280%
SSD Smartbuy 960GB
289GB free
Firmware: SAFM12.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 493 417 202 256 222 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 520
Write 495
Mixed 395
SusWrite 345
99% 439 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 98.5
4K Mixed 43.8
160% 58.7 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 214
198% 303 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 106%
Great: 106%
VendorCo ProductCode 32GB
29GB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 8.9 8.6 8.8 8.8 8.6 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
5.55% Terrible
Read 20.3
Write 8.3
Mixed 5.2
SusWrite 8.5
12% 10.6 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.55%
Great: 9%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
95.2% Outstanding
MC Read 39.3
MC Write 24.1
MC Mixed 39.1
98% 34.2 GB/s
SC Read 26.6
SC Write 23.7
SC Mixed 37.8
84% 29.4 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,138 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $497
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