Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	150% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 14:23
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 2600-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 197 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 609 59% 484 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% EVGA(3842 3667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 153 Parallax 141 140% 155 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 120 Splatting 102 102% 128 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 585 60 60 61 61 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,391 Write 1,009 Mixed 932 SusWrite 141 193% 868 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58.4 199% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 611 DQ Write 440 DQ Mixed 87.1 184% 379 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 242%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 105 94 136 98 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 333 Write 152 Mixed 197 SusWrite 108 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 19.1 76% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 48.6 DQ Mixed 42.6 33% 45.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 85%
Freecom DATABAR 2GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID fcf6 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 7.7 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.69% Terrible	Read 20 Write 10.4 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 9.5 15% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.69% Great: 7%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB 1,916 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 169GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 82 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 83.2 Write 79.7 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 82.3 98% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 32.7 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 23.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,920x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	829x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	608x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	490x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	462x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	119x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	361x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16