Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '21 at 07:57
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 65.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 69% 126 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 634 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 1,048 65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2377) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1391 MHz, MLim: 2150 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.6% Average	Lighting 57.9 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 74.6 47% 62.5 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 38.8 42% 53.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 736 423 427 430 420 420 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 681 Write 696 Mixed 670 SusWrite 476 142% 631 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 21 67% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 552 DQ Mixed 653 488% 652 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 237%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 447GB free Firmware: SBFK63C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 400 241 103 104 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 345 Write 293 Mixed 289 SusWrite 227 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 12.1 47% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 189 168% 250 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 102%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 172 171 171 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 151 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 172 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 100%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 170 172 172 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 161 Mixed 98.3 SusWrite 171 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.1% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 111%

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

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,216x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	345x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	278x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	240x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	188x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	167x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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

Asrock B450 Steel Legend

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PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

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