Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.4% 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	326% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201102
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '21 at 02:53
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 73.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 306 94% 178 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 1,030 99% 818 Pts	64-Core 1472 91% 1472 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3820) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 89.8 60% 76.8 fps	MRender 54.4 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 40.7 43% 54.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 787GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2045 1720 1720 1724 1722 1721 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 1,994 Write 2,368 Mixed 1,888 SusWrite 1,775 453% 2,006 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 77.7 273% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,298 DQ Write 1,094 DQ Mixed 1,178 887% 1,190 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 347%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 313GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 177 72 73 72 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 490 Mixed 422 SusWrite 160 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 51.1 180% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 121%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 389GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 64 66 67 66 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 67.5 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 66.2 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 43%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 7TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 198 198 197 195 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 182 Write 191 Mixed 129 SusWrite 196 238% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 1.4 255% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 95%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 83 Write 81.1 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 78.8 101% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 111 112 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 111 137% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 59%
WD My Book 111D 2TB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1TB free, PID 111d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 39 Write 37.6 Mixed 30.4 SusWrite 39 50% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 26.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 24.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 116%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,219x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	345x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	281x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	240x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	188x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	167x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $422

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Asrock B450 Steel Legend

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