Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.7% 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 Drive	77.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '20 at 09:24
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3500-$140 16,466 User benchmarks, average bench 81% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 71.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 87% 163 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 793 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 4050 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 122 Parallax 111 96% 117 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 102 Splatting 90.1 92% 116 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gamer L TA1D0240A 240GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 6.5 162 144 113 103 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 468 Write 336 Mixed 345 SusWrite 88.4 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 27.9 136% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 186 168% 252 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3250412CS 250GB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 233GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 111 111 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 108 Write 111 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 111 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 98 96 87 93 118 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 83 Write 85.5 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 102 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 797GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 60 61 61 61 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 62 Write 33.8 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 61.2 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax GLJG42F-18KIGA------ 1x8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.5% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 13.6 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 98.5 41% 98.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%

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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 $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	459x
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 $269	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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