Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.8% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 08 '20 at 21:36
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$140 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 190 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 629 58% 484 Pts	64-Core 917 57% 917 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Nvidia(10DE 095B) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 42.5 52% 46.9 fps	MRender 48.5 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 32.8 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 434 440 452 382 398 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 448 Mixed 435 SusWrite 419 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 44.9 147% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 295 243% 348 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 494GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 104 106 107 105 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 105 Write 91.3 Mixed 58 SusWrite 105 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 83%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$98 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 108 108 108 107 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 130 Write 126 Mixed 89 SusWrite 107 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 88%
UFD USB Flash Drive 30GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 24GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 54 55 13 43 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 109 Write 57 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 44.7 84% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 75% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 31.9 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 24.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 104%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,233x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	382x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $177Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	350x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	288x
RTX 3070Nvidia $497Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	243x
RTX 2060Nvidia $267Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	237x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	91x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	87x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	80x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	306x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	190x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	170x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $166	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353

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PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)