Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.1% 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	217% 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 17:54
Run Duration	324 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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-$1,075 10,169 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 62.6 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 127 50% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 748 67% 565 Pts	64-Core 2,616 162% 2,616 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 127 90% 116 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 116 Splatting 93.3 96% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$110 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 838GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1415 1499 1526 1052 997 1037 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,709 Write 1,501 Mixed 1,287 SusWrite 1,254 323% 1,438 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 46.3 167% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 467 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 464 352% 471 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$110 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 838GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1647 1733 1404 1000 1050 1059 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,714 Write 1,905 Mixed 1,075 SusWrite 1,316 338% 1,502 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 44.6 161% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 459 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 384 300% 413 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1258 1101 1104 976 1006 1024 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,130 Write 1,583 Mixed 1,066 SusWrite 1,078 326% 1,464 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 47.3 142% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 435 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 469 356% 474 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 371%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 358 381 389 369 381 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 456 Write 346 Mixed 393 SusWrite 372 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 34.7 103% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 170 132% 181 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 131 90 147 140 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 60.7 Write 86.3 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 133 54% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.5 281% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 112 119 118 115 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 64.8 Write 50.9 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 116 46% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 2 351% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M4K3600C18 4x16GB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	148% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 71.2 MC Mixed 64 171% 59.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 24 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 166%

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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 $1,075Bench 81%, 10,169 samples	94x
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
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	6x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $46Bench 234%, 87,206 samples	25x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $92Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,675

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 $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