Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.1% 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 Drive	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 24 '21 at 12:07
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 64.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 77% 144 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 757 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 1,156 72% 1,156 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C5) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.1% Poor	Lighting 30.1 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 28.6 24% 31.1 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 26.3 23% 28.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 437 447 447 443 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 226 Write 106 Mixed 320 SusWrite 435 62% 271 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 36.6 128% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 212 186% 274 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 102%
Liteon L8H-256V2G-HP 256GB 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 77GB free Firmware: 2803 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 274 274 274 274 275 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 504 Write 286 Mixed 280 SusWrite 273 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 34.7 120% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 184 166% 250 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 93%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 427GB free Firmware: 0002LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 110 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 106 Write 108 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 109 68% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 61%
Toshiba MK3261GSY 320GB-$75 514 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 265GB free Firmware: MC001D SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 109 108 110 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 108 63% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%
30 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 589GB free Firmware: 010A SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 55 56 56 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 85.5 Write 78.5 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 54.3 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 58%
7 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 54GB free Firmware: 010A SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 55 56 56 55 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 54 Write 49.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 54.2 35% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 38%
Jmicron Tech 500GB 1,136 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 213GB free Firmware: 3202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 55 55 54 55 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 53 Write 51 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 54.4 31% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 11.6 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 110%

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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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	459x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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