Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	144% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190718
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '19 at 19:32
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$179 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 69.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 91% 173 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 782 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 1,472 91% 1,472 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 045A) 1GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 31.9 22% 29.4 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 32.4 23% 27.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AGI512G16AI198 512GB 722 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0318B0G SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 355 299 301 451 668 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,793 Write 328 Mixed 110 SusWrite 396 141% 657 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 15.8 118% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 597 DQ Write 69.2 DQ Mixed 451 299% 372 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 236%
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 116GB free Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 208 208 208 209 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 499 Write 204 Mixed 230 SusWrite 208 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 36.1 134% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 160 144% 220 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 84%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 136 109 108 103 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 464 Mixed 383 SusWrite 148 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 42.6 157% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 161 161% 259 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 149GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 106 Write 98.5 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 106 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 58%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 116 116 116 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 123 Write 118 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 115 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 25.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 24.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

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	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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