Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.1% 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	46.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 11:31
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 50,446 User benchmarks, average bench 75% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 65.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 222 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 539 58% 459 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8784) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 103 Parallax 118 96% 113 fps	MRender 161 Gravity 118 Splatting 98.9 100% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 4 7.2 115 86 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 426 Write 261 Mixed 247 SusWrite 45.9 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 18 74% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 57.2 DQ Mixed 38.9 41% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 169 169 170 173 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 102 Write 97.6 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 167 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 115 114 113 110 110 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 67 Write 127 Mixed 102 SusWrite 106 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 185% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 27.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 19.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 113 36% 113 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 78%

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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 $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 $273	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 $177	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