Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '22 at 14:31
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 70.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 280 86% 162 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 836 85% 687 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.2% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 68.4 67% 84.9 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 72.7 71% 89.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax KA1C0512A 512GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 431 433 433 450 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 450 Mixed 341 SusWrite 438 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 41.4 150% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 198 190% 296 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
PNY CS3030 250GB SSD 8,682 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 233GB free Firmware: CS303226 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1092 1046 279 279 279 280 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,324 Write 1,099 Mixed 1,122 SusWrite 542 229% 1,022 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 82.8 293% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 736 DQ Write 1,007 DQ Mixed 790 620% 844 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 214%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 26.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 25.7 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 99.4 40% 99.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 100%

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

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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	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	827x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	462x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16