Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics16% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive210% 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 B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 02 '20 at 10:34
Run Duration160 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 84.4
1-Core 120
2-Core 239
82% 148 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 749
74% 605 Pts
64-Core 920
57% 920 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92
Gigabyte(1458 3667) 2GB
CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
16% Very poor
Lighting 18.8
Reflection 17.2
Parallax 22.1
15% 19.4 fps
MRender 25.6
Gravity 22.7
Splatting 17
17% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16%
This bench: 16%
Great: 19%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 325 326 326 325 324 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
210% Outstanding
Read 1,964
Write 1,367
Mixed 968
SusWrite 356
258% 1,164 MB/s
4K Read 56.1
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 71.4
238% 81.2 MB/s
DQ Read 992
DQ Write 626
DQ Mixed 795
596% 804 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 210%
Great: 236%
Patriot Wildfire 120GB-$91
112GB free
Firmware: 332ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 159 157 130 136 141 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
76.4% Very good
Read 423
Write 205
Mixed 245
SusWrite 146
56% 255 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 72.4
4K Mixed 36.6
131% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 156
DQ Mixed 219
165% 225 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
465GB free
Firmware: CC38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 122 120 121 122 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
69.7% Good
Read 123
Write 122
Mixed 69.4
SusWrite 120
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 70%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
930GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 130 137 135 137 135 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown MSD44G24Q0 MSD44G24Q3 8GB
3000, 3000 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
91.6% Outstanding
MC Read 38.9
MC Write 31.2
MC Mixed 25.9
91% 32 GB/s
SC Read 27
SC Write 40.3
SC Mixed 29.2
92% 32.2 GB/s
Latency 72.7
55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 78%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 92%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,132 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $493
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