Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 94.1%, 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	240% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 21:58
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 82.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 870 89% 719 Pts	64-Core 1,027 64% 1,027 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.4% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 61.4 55% 66.5 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 65.9 54% 65.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 375GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 393 358 366 344 370 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 386 Mixed 291 SusWrite 369 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 39.1 141% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 254 178% 219 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 105%
Crucial_FCCT512MX100SSD1 512GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 240GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 424 424 428 427 426 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 427 Mixed 302 SusWrite 422 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 36.8 125% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 151 143% 216 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 104%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1119 884 456 483 1191 528 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,130 Write 1,128 Mixed 1119 SusWrite 777 286% 1,289 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 70.4 230% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 803 DQ Write 780 DQ Mixed 826 611% 803 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 308%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 98 102 105 94 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 74.5 Write 94.5 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 98.1 57% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 4.7 4.9 5.4 5.4 4.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Read 26.8 Write 7.2 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.1 11% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB 4,372 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 35.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 33.1 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 114%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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