Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '19 at 11:00
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 69.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 278 88% 165 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 901 87% 716 Pts	64-Core 1,386 86% 1,386 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 133 Parallax 131 102% 130 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 47 43 61 48 45 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 435 Write 256 Mixed 354 SusWrite 69.2 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 20.7 109% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 31.4 77% 156 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 78%
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-00000 256GB 13,215 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 210GB free Firmware: EXD7201Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1189 306 307 307 307 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,091 Write 1,343 Mixed 1,273 SusWrite 454 286% 1,290 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 79.1 274% 99.9 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 1261 DQ Mixed 985 780% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 249%
Toshiba MK1637GSX 160GB-$4 1,633 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 39GB free Firmware: DL032C SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 30 29 30 30 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 38 Write 36 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 29.8 24% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 24%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 10GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 12 11 10 11 10 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 126 Write 33 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 15.6 60% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3.5 230% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Micron 16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 24.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 89%

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Gaming 78%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $155Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	602x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	457x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	257x
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	357x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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