Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	260% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	55.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '20 at 22:06
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen TR 2950X-$798 10,169 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 74.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 974 86% 732 Pts	64-Core 2,593 160% 2,593 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.74 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 0.33 Reflection 0.38 Parallax 211 0% 70.4 fps	Gravity 4 Splatting 0.43 2% 2.22 fps
Poor: 128% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1478 1618 1557 1490 1579 1541 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1748 Write 2,151 Mixed 695 SusWrite 1,544 345% 1,534 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 45.6 205% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 906 DQ Write 663 DQ Mixed 901 642% 823 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 393%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 279GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1696 1481 1593 1614 1497 1601 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,552 Write 1,813 Mixed 936 SusWrite 1,580 383% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 74.5 225% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 784 DQ Mixed 963 698% 908 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 393%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 592GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1766 1909 1368 869 926 925 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,473 Write 1,572 Mixed 1,694 SusWrite 1,294 392% 1,758 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 66.9 188% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,067 DQ Write 821 DQ Mixed 928 698% 939 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 372%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 57TB 46.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 57 73 69 65 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.9% Very poor	Read 86.5 Write 116 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 68.1 17% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 4.1 35% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 33.3 DQ Mixed 1.4 9% 20.3 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M8X3600C18 8x8GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	MC Read 68.8 MC Write 68.4 MC Mixed 66.4 194% 67.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 26 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 158%

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Gaming 128%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 156%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA

CPU
Ryzen TR 2950XAMD $798Bench 81%, 10,169 samples	93x
Ryzen TR 2990WXAMD $790Bench 79%, 3,658 samples	26x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples	12x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	68x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	7x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	5x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $46Bench 234%, 87,206 samples	25x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	16x
XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBAdata $82Bench 242%, 74,184 samples	10x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	49x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x16GBG.SKILLBench 127%, 124 samples	4x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 6,151 samples	3x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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