Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% 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 Drive	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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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Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '20 at 18:32
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 708 66% 549 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 177 86% 124 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 108 Splatting 134 94% 112 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte UD PRO 512GB-$47 3,305 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM13.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 143 137 182 188 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 343 Write 340 Mixed 309 SusWrite 171 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 27.7 95% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 119 84% 107 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 104%
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GB 17,295 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 196GB free Firmware: 20110006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 414 453 413 418 419 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 1,133 Write 1,094 Mixed 953 SusWrite 431 202% 903 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 44.5 148% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 147 108% 143 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 197%
Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD ZP500GM30001 500GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 407GB free Firmware: STOSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2073 2112 2112 2098 2109 2104 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,419 Write 1,738 Mixed 1,437 SusWrite 2,102 380% 1,674 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 41.1 129% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 124 94% 127 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 852GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 184 185 183 180 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 661GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 101 85 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 98.3 117% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 14% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 49%

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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 34.8 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,216x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	345x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	278x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	240x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	188x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	167x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $446

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 $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 $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

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