Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.7% 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 Drive107% 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.
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)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200713
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 19 '21 at 02:07
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Memory 75
1-Core 156
2-Core 309
95% 180 Pts
4-Core 555
8-Core 822
86% 688 Pts
64-Core 1,066
66% 1,066 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3557 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
76.7% Very good
Lighting 96.4
Reflection 95.9
Parallax 96
79% 96.1 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 86.2
Splatting 75.6
73% 91.6 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM02D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 410 410 403 408 414 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 265
Mixed 245
SusWrite 405
79% 355 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 43
160% 59.2 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 138
144% 241 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 107%
Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159
127GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5CA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 73 73 74 73 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
41% Average
Read 69.8
Write 72.7
Mixed 39.2
SusWrite 72.8
47% 63.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 41%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72% Very good
MC Read 31
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 28.8
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 21.4
SC Write 16.5
SC Mixed 27.3
62% 21.7 GB/s
Latency 90.4
44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 72%
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 8,097 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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