Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '21 at 08:59
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 1600AF-$97 52,721 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 243 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 779 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 1,021 63% 1,021 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.4% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 89.3 54% 73.2 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 47.4 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX6000LNP 128GB 6,890 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9002s28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 473 150 68 58 47 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,353 Write 546 Mixed 285 SusWrite 224 131% 602 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 52.3 193% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 280 238% 337 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 197%
SSDPR-CL100-240-G2 240GB 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 155GB free Firmware: V4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 142 143 143 143 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 492 Write 446 Mixed 373 SusWrite 168 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 24.7 127% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 34.6 72% 145 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 81%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 636GB free Firmware: 0005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 114 114 112 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 113 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 116% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 16,105 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 32.3 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 27.6 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 27.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

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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%

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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 $153Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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