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 above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	349% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	121.7 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '21 at 21:19
Run Duration	383 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 72.8 1-Core 157 2-Core 310 95% 180 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 1,178 101% 866 Pts	64-Core 5,710 353% 5,710 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 93%

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% 602GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1734 1487 1513 1521 1496 1526 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	349% Outstanding	Read 2,641 Write 2,474 Mixed 1,910 SusWrite 1,546 481% 2,143 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 91.4 304% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,316 DQ Write 1,124 DQ Mixed 1,201 905% 1,214 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 349% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2614 2627 2626 1585 1536 1558 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	392% Outstanding	Read 2,692 Write 2,618 Mixed 2,078 SusWrite 2,091 533% 2,370 MB/s	4K Read 68.2 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 96.5 323% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,338 DQ Write 1,207 DQ Mixed 1,252 945% 1,266 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 392% Great: 435%
Pcie SSD 4TB 676 User benchmarks, average bench 398% 210GB free Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2611 2338 359 383 467 441 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 1,459 Write 2,514 Mixed 1659 SusWrite 1,100 381% 1,683 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 83.7 278% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1424 DQ Write 1,288 DQ Mixed 1,326 1,003% 1,346 MB/s
Poor: 176% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 591%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 190 196 195 190 197 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 138%
USB DISK 2.0 12GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 2.5 3.6 4.8 4.8 4.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 5.7 Mixed 12 SusWrite 4 13% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-32GTZN 4x31.8GB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 4 of 8 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	158% Outstanding	MC Read 64.4 MC Write 55.3 MC Mixed 68.8 180% 62.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 37.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 172%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 3: 0R 1G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
3%	5%	19	109	6	32	0"	2560 1440

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

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 $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 $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	6x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $3,268

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16