Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	263% 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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	120.3 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '21 at 19:27
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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, 24 cores, 24 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 989 87% 742 Pts	64-Core 2,928 181% 2,928 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% 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 (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 115 Parallax 204 107% 150 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 146 Splatting 85.2 90% 113 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 101% 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% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1750 1649 1454 1437 1336 903 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,364 Write 1,569 Mixed 1,728 SusWrite 1,421 396% 1,771 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.7 187% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 673 DQ Write 463 DQ Mixed 598 438% 578 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 263% 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 2,229 Write 2,192 Mixed 1,295 424% 1,906 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.2 198% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 749 DQ Write 543 DQ Mixed 668 493% 653 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 2,101 Write 1,550 Mixed 1,696 396% 1,783 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 73.6 240% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 671 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 630 459% 600 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: 134 135 134 136 136 136 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 118 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 135 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 367% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 111%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 122 122 122 126 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 48.5 Write 106 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 122 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 63%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 202 195 200 201 196 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% 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 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 34.1 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 31.9 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 174%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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