Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 162% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 161% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	188% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	137% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '21 at 23:58
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 177 78% 131 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 888 84% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,293 80% 1,293 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6900-XT-$1,000 16,057 User benchmarks, average bench 195% ASRock(1849 5213) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.6.1 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	188% Outstanding	Lighting 247 Reflection 371 Parallax 509 202% 376 fps	MRender 387 Gravity 187 Splatting 269 227% 281 fps
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 209%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 827 467 513 496 485 494 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 862 Write 1,300 Mixed 1,015 SusWrite 547 211% 931 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 27.1 84% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,100 DQ Write 842 DQ Mixed 970 726% 971 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 262%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 5GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 396 Write 176 Mixed 150 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 16.4 61% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 112 96% 141 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 574GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 128 161 161 157 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 168 Mixed 91.9 SusWrite 153 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 30GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 7.9 8.4 8.5 9.2 8.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	6.29% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 7.7 Mixed 12 SusWrite 8.1 15% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 2.3 96% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.29% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 1,712 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 35.8 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 36.8 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 130%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 73: 10R 6G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
73%	41%	51	286	217	165	27"	2560 1440	AOC2713 AG271QG

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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