Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.2% 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	183% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '21 at 05:03
Run Duration	370 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 890 86% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% PowerColor(148C 2391) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.6.2 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.2% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 92.8 54% 67.8 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 53 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1443 450 448 428 431 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,104 Write 1,663 Mixed 1,240 SusWrite 605 261% 1,153 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 63.1 211% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 858 DQ Write 781 DQ Mixed 769 591% 803 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 253%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 105GB free Firmware: S1022A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 115 112 74 38 111 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 514 Write 444 Mixed 398 SusWrite 104 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 27.3 124% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 40.2 95% 192 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 102%
Adata SD600Q 240GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 223GB free Firmware: 9301 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 315 315 314 316 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 380 Write 315 Mixed 295 SusWrite 315 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 20.4 85% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 79.8 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 34.6 53% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 500GB-$80 2,874 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 317GB free Firmware: SHM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 115 112 112 116 117 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 228GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 72 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 71.1 Write 73.4 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 71.9 90% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 45%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 3,193 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.8 4.8 3 4.8 4.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.02% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 4.4 10% 9.98 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 9%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 319GB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 65 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	36% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 61.7 Mixed 47.9 SusWrite 64.4 80% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.3 155% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 33.4 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 25 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 32.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 28: 1R 5G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
28%	16%	87	331	258	60	84.6"	1280 720	SAM0F14 SAMSUNG

History: Score 24: 3R 2G 3B | Score 28: 1R 5G 8B

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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 $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

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