Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 217% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	161% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	326% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201111
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '21 at 14:54
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3960X-$1,350 6,609 User benchmarks, average bench 87% sTRX4, 1 CPU, 24 cores, 48 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 62.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 311 91% 176 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 1,183 105% 889 Pts	64-Core 4368 270% 4368 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 212 Parallax 237 175% 221 fps	MRender 271 Gravity 219 Splatting 181 178% 224 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 19,971 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 812GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2388 2575 2548 2505 2473 2429 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,264 Write 2,601 Mixed 1,953 SusWrite 2,486 526% 2,326 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 55.2 170% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1276 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 15.3 179% 459 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 438%
Hitachi HUS 726040ALE614 4TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2.5TB free Firmware: APGN SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 175 179 177 178 178 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 179 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 178 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.9 216% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$100 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: A4AZW55H SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 135 136 131 144 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 103 Write 134 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 138 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 113%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$100 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: A4AZW55H SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 170 155 156 160 164 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 167 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 161 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 113%
Hitachi HUS 726040ALE614 4TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3.5TB free Firmware: APGN SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 201 197 191 202 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 214 Mixed 88.1 SusWrite 197 129% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1 232% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-32GTZN 2x31.5GB 1,561 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 8 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 139%

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Typical ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA Builds (Compare 246 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 179%

UFO

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 $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	91x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	20x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 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 $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	21x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 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: 54% - Above average

Total price: $3,268

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16