Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '22 at 13:55
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 797 78% 641 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 473.62 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 92.6 Parallax 85.8 77% 90.9 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 73.4 72% 90.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 500GB 1,856 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 68 57 49 45 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,082 Write 74 Mixed 138 SusWrite 63.4 72% 339 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 63.3 261% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 672 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 48.7 156% 349 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 354%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 43GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,635 Write 5,266 Mixed 6,587 1,582% 7,163 MB/s	4K Read 657 4K Write 607 4K Mixed 138 1,494% 467 MB/s	DQ Read 1,371 DQ Write 1,680 DQ Mixed 1,678 1,223% 1,576 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 121%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1GB free Firmware: 1AN10002 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 76.5 Write 42.8 Mixed 58.5 45% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 59%
Corsair Flash Voyager 1GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	0.67% Terrible	Read 0.8 Write 0.8 Mixed 0.8 SusWrite 0.8 1% 0.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 11% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.67% Great: 8%
USB Flash Memory 2GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	4.61% Terrible	Read 12.3 Write 4.8 Mixed 3.8 SusWrite 5.6 8% 6.62 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.61% Great: 7%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 3TB free, PID ac35 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 109 109 110 114 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 48.3 Write 95.5 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 111 113% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 189% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 55%
Maxtor 6 L300R0 300GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 57GB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 43 43 43 43 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31% Below average	Read 52.3 Write 58 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 43.1 64% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.2 162% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 CMK16GX4M2D3000CA6 16GB 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 32.7 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 27.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns

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Gaming 78%

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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	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

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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Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16