Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '21 at 11:47
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 77.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 872 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,366 84% 1,366 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2797 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 180 Parallax 173 133% 172 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 172 Splatting 119 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253A3512G 512GB 575 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0707B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 430 434 437 436 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 431 Mixed 414 SusWrite 435 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 33.4 149% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 51.7 96% 185 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 524GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 456 452 444 446 446 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 486 Mixed 308 SusWrite 452 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 42.2 172% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 255 220% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 122%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 38GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,006 Write 1,422 Mixed 545 290% 1,324 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 48.6 208% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,004 DQ Write 633 DQ Mixed 770 587% 802 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 738GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 476 477 473 471 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 486 Mixed 382 SusWrite 476 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 52.2 169% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 224 204% 312 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 122%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 154 152 154 154 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 161 Write 153 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 152 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 156 155 159 160 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 156 Mixed 118 SusWrite 158 198% 145 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 1.7 374% 4.7 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 4.6 DQ Mixed 2.2 235% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 32.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 30.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 104%

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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 $201Bench 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