Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89% 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 Drive	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '20 at 00:31
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 80 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 608 53% 449 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 92.6 Parallax 177 88% 126 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 128 91% 109 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 418 393 294 271 272 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 491 Write 462 Mixed 362 SusWrite 339 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 28.8 100% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 101 79% 108 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 124%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 695GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 99 102 100 100 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 99 Write 99.5 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 101 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 139GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 79 80 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 80 Write 73.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 79.3 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 62%
Wintec Flash Disk 4GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.4 4.5 4.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	2.21% Terrible	Read 5.3 Write 2.2 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 3.9 4% 3.28 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 9% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.21% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 575 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 34.5 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 28.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%

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Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,108 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	824x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16