Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.6% 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	262% 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	Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200317
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '20 at 17:52
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen TR 3970X-$1,900 5,130 User benchmarks, average bench 86% sTRX4, 1 CPU, 32 cores, 64 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 65.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 91% 174 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 1,155 103% 870 Pts	64-Core 5,687 352% 5,687 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 0444) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.8.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.6% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 65.5 40% 48.9 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 40 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1467 1780 1775 1785 1750 1797 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,245 Write 1,746 Mixed 993 SusWrite 1,726 375% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 48.3 165% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 487 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 360 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 363%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 206GB free Firmware: UF220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 145 142 132 133 126 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 332 Write 304 Mixed 257 SusWrite 149 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 13.6 61% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 25.8 38% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 55%
Toshiba MK3252GSX 320GB-$70 3,538 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 225GB free Firmware: LV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 59 58 58 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 50.1 Write 49.6 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 58.2 34% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 34%
Lacie P9237 Desktop 8TB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 7TB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 173 174 178 177 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 174 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.9 280% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4600 C18 2x8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.6% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 19.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 135%

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Gaming 179%

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Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 314%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA

CPU
Ryzen TR 3970XAMD $1,900Bench 86%, 5,130 samples	102x
Ryzen TR 3960XAMD $1,350Bench 87%, 6,609 samples	88x
Ryzen TR 3990XAMDBench 86%, 1,222 samples	54x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	91x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	20x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	14x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	46x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $149Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	21x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	16x

RAM
F4-3600C18-32GTZN 8x31.9GBG.SKILLBench 159%, 143 samples	11x
KHX3200C16D4/32GX 4x31.8GBKingstonBench 109%, 1,142 samples	6x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	6x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $2,905

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16