Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 221% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 341% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	253% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	545% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 02:04
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 1,067 93% 793 Pts	64-Core 4,369 270% 4,369 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-Ti 16,406 User benchmarks, average bench 232% MSI(1462 5090) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 532.03 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Lighting 384 Reflection 327 Parallax 378 313% 363 fps	MRender 407 Gravity 324 Splatting 215 247% 315 fps
Poor: 205% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 247%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 45,230 User benchmarks, average bench 460% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QJXD7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 4433 4423 4366 4429 4431 1786 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	545% Outstanding	Read 3,092 Write 4,493 Mixed 3,330 SusWrite 3978 845% 3,723 MB/s	4K Read 82 4K Write 227 4K Mixed 118 396% 142 MB/s	DQ Read 1287 DQ Write 1,190 DQ Mixed 1,252 936% 1,243 MB/s
Poor: 299% ↑ This bench: 545% Great: 592%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 465GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 651 304 285 325 296 285 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 51GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 12,183 Write 10149 Mixed 11,436 2,510% 11,256 MB/s	4K Read 586 4K Write 494 4K Mixed 88.8 1,263% 389 MB/s	DQ Read 1,056 DQ Write 1,113 DQ Mixed 1,128 836% 1,099 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050V -63 500GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 89GB free Firmware: AX0A1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 39 41 40 38 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 29.6 Write 38.8 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 40.1 25% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 64%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 356GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 82 82 84 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 100 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 83.3 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C14 4x8GB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	MC Read 84.5 MC Write 83.7 MC Mixed 77.6 234% 81.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 41.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 145%

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

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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 $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	91x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	20x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	6x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $3,374

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 $177	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