Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85% 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 Drive139% 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.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 15 '19 at 03:38
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU0%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 83.9
1-Core 111
2-Core 226
79% 140 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 658
68% 549 Pts
64-Core 905
56% 905 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
85% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 89.5
Parallax 157
82% 116 fps
MRender 86.7
Gravity 107
Splatting 126
90% 107 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-ASM2NE2512GTTDR 512GB
372GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 543 562 561 562 562 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 986
Write 568
Mixed 443
SusWrite 556
142% 638 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 36.8
147% 56.6 MB/s
DQ Read 410
DQ Write 545
DQ Mixed 39.6
152% 332 MB/s
Poor: 129%
This bench: 139%
Great: 290%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB
267GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 77 74 69 76 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
45.6% Average
Read 82
Write 118
Mixed 62.5
SusWrite 75.4
62% 84.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 0.6
203% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 45.6%
Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2933 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2934 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 40.4
MC Write 37.1
MC Mixed 35.2
107% 37.6 GB/s
SC Read 25.4
SC Write 37.5
SC Mixed 29.4
88% 30.8 GB/s
Latency 73.6
54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 103%
Great: 118%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,090 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
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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