Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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.
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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics89.5% 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 Drive71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190911
Uptime2.2 Days
Run DateJul 03 '20 at 06:22
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 28%
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 PC Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
76.4% Very good
Memory 68.4
1-Core 138
2-Core 258
83% 155 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 732
73% 593 Pts
64-Core 938
58% 938 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
89.5% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 103
Parallax 109
90% 107 fps
MRender 145
Gravity 106
Splatting 87.1
89% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2201000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 278 289 279 281 290 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
71.6% Very good
Read 442
Write 270
Mixed 207
SusWrite 281
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 84.7
4K Mixed 12.9
94% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 167
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 85.9
104% 178 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
122GB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 104 97 104 105 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
76.9% Very good
Read 166
Write 115
Mixed 78.8
SusWrite 103
85% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 38 8.1 8.5 22 39 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
8.99% Terrible
Read 7.5
Write 12.3
Mixed 5.5
SusWrite 23.9
9% 12.3 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0
2% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 8.99%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
63.2% Good
MC Read 25.7
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 25.3
66% 22.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 16.7
SC Mixed 21.1
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,096 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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