Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.2% 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	128% 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 B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '20 at 20:34
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 5600X-$150 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 77.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 98% 185 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 937 93% 759 Pts	64-Core 1,163 72% 1,163 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3721) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (73 fps cap detected)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 72.9 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 62.7 59% 69.4 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 73.3 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S7 512GB 212 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 194 15 216 219 199 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 344 Write 579 Mixed 1,043 SusWrite 231 125% 549 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 77.7 180% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 1,208 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 273 374% 701 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 323%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 151 147 150 152 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 154 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 150 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: AX1P4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 109 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 108 63% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%
Patriot Memory 8GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	8.69% Terrible	Read 36.1 Write 12.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5 15% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 34% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.69% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 26.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 25.6 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 99%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	628x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	341x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	243x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	200x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	189x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	161x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	59x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	61x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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