Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	34.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	315% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210803
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '22 at 06:59
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 86.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 249 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 849 83% 681 Pts	64-Core 1,128 70% 1,128 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 47.4 Parallax 42.5 36% 44.9 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 36.9 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB 11,818 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 642GB free (System drive) Firmware: STNSC016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2532 2695 2489 973 979 976 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,003 Write 2,584 Mixed 2,014 SusWrite 1774 473% 2,094 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 80.7 269% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,045 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 978 727% 964 MB/s
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 492%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 334GB free Firmware: P2CR012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1156 573 442 438 418 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,077 Write 897 Mixed 1,135 SusWrite 573 207% 920 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 75.1 261% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 846 DQ Mixed 953 709% 943 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 253%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 173GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 285 137 111 127 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 473 Mixed 369 SusWrite 208 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 40 144% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 189 174% 269 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%
Kingston SV100S264G 64GB 1,876 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 57GB free Firmware: 120504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 110 138 142 143 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 245 Write 41.5 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 132 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 12 37% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 11.7 DQ Write 14.8 DQ Mixed 11.8 9% 12.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 30%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 570GB free Firmware: 0604 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 107 107 109 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 99 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 108 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.8 249% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 12,012 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 35.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 35.6 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 111%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
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	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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