Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics3.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive299% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201103
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateDec 09 '21 at 19:44
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 75.8
1-Core 146
2-Core 274
89% 165 Pts
4-Core 480
8-Core 815
79% 647 Pts
64-Core 1,013
63% 1,013 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 2900-XT
AMD(1002 3142) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
3.91% Terrible
Lighting 4.8
Reflection 6.9
Parallax 2.8
4% 4.83 fps
MRender 5.2
Gravity 2.1
Splatting 6.4
4% 4.57 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 3.91%
Great: 54%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98
659GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1402 1326 1299 1271 1257 1255 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
299% Outstanding
Read 2,343
Write 2,201
Mixed 1,692
SusWrite 1,302
423% 1,884 MB/s
4K Read 55.5
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 75.5
247% 85.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,183
DQ Write 1,015
DQ Mixed 1,094
821% 1,097 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 299%
Great: 410%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
73.5% Very good
MC Read 30.6
MC Write 19.6
MC Mixed 29.6
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 25
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 88.7
45% 88.7 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,101 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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