Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	198% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 18:24
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 75.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 785 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 962 60% 962 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 372D) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 158 Parallax 167 123% 159 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 131 Splatting 106 109% 137 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 817 794 481 499 494 496 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,352 Write 886 Mixed 872 SusWrite 597 207% 927 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 71.8 260% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 860 DQ Mixed 220 278% 477 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 242%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 755GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 430 456 475 470 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 470 Mixed 459 SusWrite 457 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.3 200% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 279 224% 311 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 141GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 370 435 465 466 448 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 494 Write 482 Mixed 445 SusWrite 403 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 3.8 72% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 81.1 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 79.8 60% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 73,741 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 38.7 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 33.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 134%

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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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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	604x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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