Asrock B550 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.5% 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 Drive	129% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock B550 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210421
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '21 at 01:01
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 5600X-$159 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 78.2 1-Core 158 2-Core 314 98% 183 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 827 87% 694 Pts	64-Core 975 60% 975 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 107%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3249 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.5% Below average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 45.2 Parallax 46.8 39% 46.5 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 36.3 38% 48.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 76%
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2715 MHz, MLim: 3909 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 103% 115 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 85.4 Splatting 73.7 84% 108 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 158%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 537GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 13 94 17 902 1342 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1402 Write 177 Mixed 35.9 SusWrite 424 110% 510 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 18.5 113% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 18.3 DQ Mixed 33.3 96% 226 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 255%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL18-22-22 D4-3600 2x8GB 2,960 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 32.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 27.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 109%

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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 142%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $159Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	391x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	225x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	145x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	157x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	94x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	61x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	52x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	60x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	31x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	29x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $708

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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