Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 21:23
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 78.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 272 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 690 77% 606 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 102 Parallax 98.9 72% 96.3 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 88.7 Splatting 80.4 70% 86.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 250GB SSD 8,682 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303320 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 266 273 257 271 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 764 Write 768 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 259 102% 461 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 38.9 50% 13.2 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 214%
Intenso Sata III 120GB 964 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 100GB free Firmware: P0510E SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 33 93 35 26 26 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51% Above average	Read 161 Write 152 Mixed 142 SusWrite 60.8 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 27.9 113% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 115 94% 133 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 90%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 973GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 160 160 160 159 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 152 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 159 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 108%
SAMSUNG HD502IJ 500GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 149GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 35.8 Write 37 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 38.2 50% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 125% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 110%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $154Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	603x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $524

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 $46

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