Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	264% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '21 at 17:24
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 207 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 703 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 920 57% 920 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3741) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2327 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 74 65% 77.5 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 69.8 61% 75.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 822 819 814 823 823 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,517 Write 2,354 Mixed 1,823 SusWrite 862 423% 1,889 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 77.1 254% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 888 DQ Write 548 DQ Mixed 755 553% 730 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 355%
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 289GB free Firmware: CS900P13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 441 344 192 280 414 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 221 Write 103 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 355 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 11.1 53% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 13.8 DQ Write 14.8 DQ Mixed 14.3 11% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 96%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 261GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,171 Write 4,757 Mixed 5,854 1,384% 6,261 MB/s	4K Read 422 4K Write 228 4K Mixed 278 1,117% 309 MB/s	DQ Read 1,207 DQ Write 720 DQ Mixed 850 664% 926 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 34.6 115% 40.3 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 29.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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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 $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $159Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	602x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	457x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	257x
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	357x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $527

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