Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	134% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '21 at 19:35
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 111 2-Core 205 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 657 61% 509 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F5) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 92.7 Parallax 120 103% 113 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 102 Splatting 87.4 87% 109 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 89 28 111 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,414 Write 137 Mixed 222 SusWrite 96.4 100% 467 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 49.9 175% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 687 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 143 168% 310 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 295%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 50GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,783 Write 1,862 Mixed 1,558 388% 1,735 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 51.2 169% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 876 DQ Write 598 DQ Mixed 825 592% 766 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 106GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 115 116 126 127 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 59 SusWrite 119 72% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 78GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 29 66 88 32 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 13.8 Write 18.3 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 48.4 18% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 16GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 26.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 117%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 49: 8R 3G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
49%	44%	25	288	209	60	27"	1920 1080	PHLC17B PHL 276E9Q

History: Score 40: 5R 3G 6B | Score 49: 8R 3G 0B

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
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 $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