Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive119% 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.
Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20220225
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 04 '22 at 11:05
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User VNM-User
Background CPU 81%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (52nd 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 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
92.4% Outstanding
Memory 82.1
1-Core 142
2-Core 281
91% 168 Pts
4-Core 551
8-Core 846
86% 699 Pts
64-Core 1,056
65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 92.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Lighting 92.9
Reflection 92.2
Parallax 85.1
76% 90.1 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 81.4
Splatting 72.5
71% 89.4 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 76%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3256GNTD 256GB
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFME0.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 182 147 128 146 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 895
Write 192
Mixed 264
SusWrite 157
82% 377 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 50.4
207% 79.5 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 214
164% 225 MB/s
Poor: 88%
This bench: 119%
Great: 226%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.6% Good
MC Read 23.3
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 21.4
62% 21.9 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 22.1
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 76.8
52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 63.6%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,082 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: $527
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