Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.2% 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	41.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '21 at 23:29
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BRB-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 81.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 223 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 639 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% PowerColor(148C 2379) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.2.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 61.4 Parallax 85.3 54% 71.1 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 45.3 45% 56.6 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 121 89 73 62 29 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.9% Average	Read 91.8 Write 274 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 92.7 28% 122 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 23.9 91% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 98.8 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 148 98% 117 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 85GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 41 45 46 47 46 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 62.7 Mixed 30 SusWrite 45 37% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x4GB 761 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 101%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 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