Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% 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	157% 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	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210506
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '21 at 22:16
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 798 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2253 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 116 Parallax 108 87% 110 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB 30,897 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 57GB free Firmware: UI510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 108 85 84 89 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 424 Write 300 Mixed 295 SusWrite 119 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 19.3 74% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 81.9 DQ Mixed 41.7 47% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 52%
Sabrent Rocket Q 500GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 963 565 96 101 93 76 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 996 Write 978 Mixed 876 SusWrite 316 177% 791 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 69.1 240% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 694 DQ Mixed 480 380% 516 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 214%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 158 157 156 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 127 Write 125 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 160 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 106%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: JE3OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 74 75 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 72.1 Write 71.7 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 74.4 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GB 1,519 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 49 MC Write 44.3 MC Mixed 36.3 123% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 30.4 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 32 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 113%

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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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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