Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '21 at 02:00
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 674 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 921 57% 921 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3851) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 75.7 65% 77.4 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 59.8 54% 66.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 350 356 364 359 364 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 345 Mixed 336 SusWrite 356 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 43.3 155% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 265 228% 335 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 155 163 151 160 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 118 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 157 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 114%
WD Game Drive 5TB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 691GB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 61 54 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 62.8 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 54.2 77% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 66%
WD Game Drive 8TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3.5TB free, PID 2631 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 171 173 177 176 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 176 Write 180 Mixed 130 SusWrite 175 224% 165 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.7 256% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 45.2 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 36 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 30.8 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	604x

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	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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