Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.56% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive297% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190718
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 17 '21 at 15:34
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
78.7% Very good
Memory 76
1-Core 144
2-Core 287
90% 169 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 778
73% 607 Pts
64-Core 1,041
64% 1,041 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 4000
Nvidia(10DE 0780) 2GB
CLim: 475 MHz, MLim: 702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.30
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.56% Terrible
Lighting 8.3
Reflection 16.6
Parallax 11
7% 12 fps
MRender 16.3
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 10.6
9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 7.56%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$97
429GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 970 800 849 840 851 858 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
297% Outstanding
Read 2,355
Write 2,039
Mixed 1,438
SusWrite 862
374% 1,674 MB/s
4K Read 63.6
4K Write 189
4K Mixed 89.4
311% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,309
DQ Write 1,118
DQ Mixed 506
572% 978 MB/s
Poor: 175%
This bench: 297%
Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
571GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 157 158 161 160 160 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
73.5% Very good
Read 100
Write 92.5
Mixed 73.2
SusWrite 156
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3200 DDR4 3200 2OZ 16GB
2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
76.3% Very good
MC Read 32
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 30
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 23.1
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 29
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 88.3
45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 76%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 120%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,100 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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HDDRAMUSB
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