Asus ROG ZENITH II 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 (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	298% 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	192GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 192GB 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	180.2 GB free of 192 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '21 at 07:08
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3970X-$1,900 5,130 User benchmarks, average bench 86% sTRX4, 1 CPU, 32 cores, 64 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 70.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 92% 175 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 1,125 99% 842 Pts	64-Core 5,529 342% 5,529 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Asus(1043 87B3) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.40 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 335 Reflection 315 Parallax 347 273% 332 fps	Gravity 268 Splatting 196 201% 232 fps
Poor: 185% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 717GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1787 1560 1508 1503 1500 1494 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,489 Write 2,335 Mixed 1,896 SusWrite 1,559 465% 2,070 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 74.2 240% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 671 DQ Write 586 DQ Mixed 619 467% 625 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 160GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1209 1124 865 862 865 869 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,366 Write 1,123 Mixed 1,166 SusWrite 966 260% 1,155 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 73.4 237% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 651 DQ Write 630 DQ Mixed 654 488% 645 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 355%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 852GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2459 2457 2455 1633 1364 1345 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,537 Write 2,418 Mixed 1,935 SusWrite 1,952 497% 2,211 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 78.8 257% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 606 DQ Mixed 622 472% 635 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 435%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 9.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 247 245 247 246 245 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Sony Storage Media 0GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 11.4 Write 6.2 Mixed 7 10% 8.2 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW128GX4M4D3600C18 6x31.8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 8 slots used 191GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 20.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 24.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 99.6 40% 99.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

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Gaming 179%

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Desktop 94%

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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 $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	14x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 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 $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	6x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $3,266

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16