Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive307% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B550M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210225
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 10 '22 at 23:46
Run Duration199 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G-$133
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
97% Outstanding
Memory 75.9
1-Core 161
2-Core 320
98% 186 Pts
4-Core 639
8-Core 882
96% 760 Pts
64-Core 1,126
70% 1,126 Pts
Poor: 84%
This bench: 97%
Great: 99%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)
AMD(1002 1636) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 21.10.2
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
13.1% Very poor
Lighting 15.7
Reflection 12.8
Parallax 22.2
13% 16.9 fps
MRender 4.8
Gravity 22
Splatting 20.8
14% 15.9 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.1%
Great: 21%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
371GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1077 841 851 853 857 864 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
307% Outstanding
Read 2,585
Write 2,534
Mixed 1,866
SusWrite 891
441% 1,969 MB/s
4K Read 67.5
4K Write 186
4K Mixed 96.7
325% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 1206
DQ Write 946
DQ Mixed 1,062
798% 1,071 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 307%
Great: 355%
Intenso Ultra Line 64GB
60GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 3.2 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 28 39 26 39 39 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
25.9% Poor
Read 104
Write 49
Mixed 25.9
SusWrite 37.1
62% 54 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 1.9
98% 2 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 25.9%
Great: 26%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
38% Below average
MC Read 14
MC Write 12.6
MC Mixed 12.3
37% 13 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 10.8
32% 11.3 GB/s
Latency 88.5
45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 38%
Great: 68%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B550M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 2,339 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $519
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