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 below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	135% 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	256GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 256GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	233.8 GB free of 256 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '23 at 08:51
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 76 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 86% 159 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 1,069 95% 802 Pts	64-Core 2,785 172% 2,785 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% MSI(1462 3897) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 537.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 329 Reflection 290 Parallax 334 268% 318 fps	Gravity 261 Splatting 190 195% 225 fps
Poor: 162% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid Array 1 1TB 414 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 479GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 458 663 670 593 403 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,646 Write 668 Mixed 427 SusWrite 549 181% 823 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 27.6 4K Mixed 19.8 68% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 402 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 322 240% 322 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 375%
Amd-raid Samsung SSD 960 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 551GB free Firmware: 2B7Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 398 527 509 525 482 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 742 Write 1,073 Mixed 745 SusWrite 478 172% 760 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 30.4 109% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 587 414% 515 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 232%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 131GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 238 260 266 266 262 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 288 Write 242 Mixed 238 SusWrite 255 58% 256 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 16 50% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 43.9 DQ Mixed 48.3 36% 48 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3600C18-32GTZN 8x31.9GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 8 of 8 slots used 255GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 32.4 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 30.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 202%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 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
0%	0%	0	70	59	240	48.7"	1280 720	SAM7053 LC49G95T

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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 $785Bench 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 $169Bench 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 $107Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $2,854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16