Asrock Z590 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	93.5% 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	410% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210105
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 22:46
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400F-$116 46,609 User benchmarks, average bench 94% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 87.8 1-Core 167 2-Core 331 105% 195 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 984 100% 809 Pts	64-Core 1,198 74% 1,198 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 132 Parallax 121 95% 123 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 124 Splatting 112 91% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite 2TB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 329% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 82A7T9PA SusWrite @10s intervals: 2851 2912 2914 2689 530 438 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	410% Outstanding	Read 3,068 Write 2,890 Mixed 1,903 SusWrite 2,056 556% 2479 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 222 4K Mixed 95.6 339% 128 MB/s	DQ Read 1441 DQ Write 1,118 DQ Mixed 1,289 962% 1,282 MB/s
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 410% Great: 486%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 463GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 379 341 338 331 321 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 469 Mixed 375 SusWrite 363 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 56.4 194% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 339 257% 346 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 128%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 242GB free Firmware: LXM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 123 122 115 118 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 74.2 Write 110 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 119 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 211GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 67 76 75 78 66 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 81.7 Write 52.4 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 73 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 32 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z590 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 1,106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 149%

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Desktop 104%

UFO

Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z590 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $249Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	192x
Core i5-11600KIntel $181Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	123x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	100x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	115x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	112x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	103x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $83Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	38x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	35x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $88Bench 341%, 58,572 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	21x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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