Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.8% 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	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '20 at 02:58
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 81 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 818 86% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,043 64% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Gigabyte(1458 2311) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 93.6 59% 81.5 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 64.5 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB 30,897 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: UI500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 13 72 54 59 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 457 Write 248 Mixed 193 SusWrite 82.2 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 20 82% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 13 33% 70 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 52%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 90GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 380 Write 271 Mixed 276 SusWrite 89.7 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 25 131% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 135 136% 212 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 828GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 180 181 181 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 221 Write 176 Mixed 102 SusWrite 180 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 258% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 109%
UDISK PDU20_8G 88I2.0 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0165 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	5.17% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 2.7 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 3.6 7% 7.33 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-3G2E1 1x8GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	824x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
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	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16