Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 140%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics163% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive180% 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.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201103
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 08 '22 at 00:44
Run Duration155 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 34%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Memory 78.4
1-Core 143
2-Core 236
85% 153 Pts
4-Core 505
8-Core 799
80% 652 Pts
64-Core 1,097
68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499
Gigabyte(1458 408E) ≥ 4GB; aorus master rtx 3070ti
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
163% Outstanding
Lighting 242
Reflection 219
Parallax 212
197% 224 fps
MRender 249
Gravity 164
Splatting 135
144% 183 fps
Poor: 139%
This bench: 163%
Great: 170%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 237GB
221GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 427 433 441 444 206 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
93% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 447
Mixed 398
SusWrite 397
98% 437 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 21.4
129% 52.8 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 28.2
83% 173 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 93%
Great: 100%
MSI M370 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMD1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 536 526 520 529 528 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
180% Outstanding
Read 1,010
Write 533
Mixed 573
SusWrite 528
147% 661 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 55.3
231% 93.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,193
DQ Write 501
DQ Mixed 731
572% 808 MB/s
Poor: 180%
This bench: 180%
Great: 274%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 639GB
477GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 85 83 82 84 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
44.8% Average
Read 72.3
Write 68.6
Mixed 59
SusWrite 83.4
52% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 44.8%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
MC Read 34.5
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 33.7
88% 30.7 GB/s
SC Read 24.7
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 31.5
76% 26.7 GB/s
Latency 83.6
48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,100 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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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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