Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '20 at 18:19
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 70.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 268 86% 161 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 784 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,036 64% 1,036 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 119 117 111 118 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 430 Write 131 Mixed 122 SusWrite 120 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 20.4 109% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 49.5 82% 164 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 467GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 489 487 489 488 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 481 Mixed 454 SusWrite 485 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.7 197% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 371 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 180 180 180 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 165 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 179 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 254% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%
WD WD5000YS-18MPB1 500GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 466GB free Firmware: 0B.02E0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 70 Write 68.5 Mixed 50 SusWrite 68.6 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 23.2 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 100%

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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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	175x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16