Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	223% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	120.6 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 08:27
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 2970WX 1,966 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 764 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 967 60% 967 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon-VII-$841 13,762 User benchmarks, average bench 101% AMD(1002 081E) Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 109 Parallax 197 106% 145 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 145 Splatting 85 89% 112 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

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% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1430 1337 1158 1164 1087 615 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,698 Write 1,660 Mixed 1,538 SusWrite 1,132 339% 1,507 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 48.8 189% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 654 482% 641 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 48GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,189 Write 1,622 Mixed 1,912 424% 1,908 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 66.1 178% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 507 DQ Mixed 714 521% 687 MB/s
Poor: 188% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 33GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,374 Write 1930 Mixed 1,200 406% 1,835 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 70.8 201% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 729 517% 663 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 709GB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 101 110 110 101 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 123 Mixed 52 SusWrite 107 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 359% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 111%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 96 100 98 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 48 Write 116 Mixed 51 SusWrite 98.7 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.6 174% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 63%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 147 160 163 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 138 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 158 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 1.3 307% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2933 C16 8x16GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 35.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 31.5 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 174%

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Gaming 128%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $199Bench 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 $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 $15	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