Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210303
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '21 at 12:03
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 70.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 283 89% 167 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 829 79% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,065 66% 1,065 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1345) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.6% Very good	Lighting 89.2 Reflection 89 Parallax 84.7 73% 87.6 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 70.6 69% 87.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEBKF128G7 128GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: PBF114N SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 123 54 68 68 51 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 609 Write 352 Mixed 416 SusWrite 110 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 49 181% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 32.9 DQ Mixed 14.2 29% 60.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 91%
XSJ-X100-480G 480GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 251GB free Firmware: T0430A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 419 420 424 424 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 421 Mixed 381 SusWrite 422 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 29.4 144% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 43.5 87% 169 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 98%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 223GB free Firmware: UJ510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 104 161 165 163 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 453 Write 378 Mixed 328 SusWrite 192 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 20.2 84% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 45.5 51% 87.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 2x8GB 22,419 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65% Good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 25.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 23.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 99.9 40% 99.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 98%

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

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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	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	828x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 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	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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