Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive199% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201103
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 20 '21 at 23:43
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
Memory 73.6
1-Core 148
2-Core 298
92% 173 Pts
4-Core 586
8-Core 888
91% 737 Pts
64-Core 1,099
68% 1,099 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240
Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (67th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
72% Very good
Lighting 89.8
Reflection 89
Parallax 82.7
73% 87.2 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 79.6
Splatting 71.1
70% 87.8 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 72%
Great: 76%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kioxia-exceria SSD 250GB
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFA12.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 946 1113 359 360 359 361 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
199% Outstanding
Read 1,216
Write 1,162
Mixed 1,062
SusWrite 583
226% 1,006 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 65
232% 88 MB/s
DQ Read 818
DQ Write 1119
DQ Mixed 756
631% 898 MB/s
Poor: 87%
This bench: 199%
Great: 200%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.4% Very good
MC Read 31.2
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 29.3
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.8
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 28.5
66% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 93.3
43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,125 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $496
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