Asrock B550M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.2% 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	72.9% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B550M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200813
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '20 at 00:30
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3600-$85 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 654 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 123 Parallax 128 111% 129 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 127 Splatting 0.09 71% 99.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 73 65 38 64 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 465 Write 221 Mixed 232 SusWrite 64.2 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 32.2 140% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 8.8 54% 126 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 85%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 43GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 333 275 250 244 243 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,416 Write 670 Mixed 454 SusWrite 304 156% 711 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 40.2 192% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,051 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 702 565% 806 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 340%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 581GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 113 112 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 112 Write 59.5 Mixed 64 SusWrite 113 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 365GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 152 155 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 164 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 154 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 34.4 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 28.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 109%

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

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $159Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	628x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	341x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	243x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	200x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	189x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	161x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	67x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	59x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	60x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $593

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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