Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 11:53
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 674 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 903 56% 903 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%

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: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 102 Parallax 104 87% 104 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 88.8 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Avexir E100 SERIES - 120GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1015A SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 56 55 58 53 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 381 Write 395 Mixed 222 SusWrite 96.4 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 12 54% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 3.1 78% 183 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 61GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 101 101 101 101 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 120 Write 111 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 100 64% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 40GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 105 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 104 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 68%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 94GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 104 104 104 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 118 Write 107 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 103 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2x8GB 77,202 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 33.9 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 29.4 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

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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	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
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