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 (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	488% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	60.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200317
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 16:13
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3960X-$1,350 6,609 User benchmarks, average bench 87% sTRX4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 67.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 301 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 1,050 100% 824 Pts	64-Core 2,208 137% 2,208 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid Array 1 999GB 2,964 User benchmarks, average bench 236% 863GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4600 4605 4558 4610 4641 4577 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	488% Outstanding	Read 2,440 Write 4,638 Mixed 1804 SusWrite 4,598 767% 3,370 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 59 212% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,067 DQ Write 949 DQ Mixed 1,019 761% 1,012 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 488% Great: 411%
Amd-raid Array 2 2TB 442 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 2TB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3886 1955 1976 1942 1951 1920 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	325% Outstanding	Read 2,192 Write 4213 Mixed 1,892 SusWrite 2,272 599% 2,642 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 50.9 186% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 988 DQ Write 892 DQ Mixed 930 700% 937 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 325% Great: 429%
Amd-raid Array 3 1TB 139 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 931GB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2889 979 940 945 937 945 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,692 Write 1,825 Mixed 1,928 SusWrite 1,272 379% 1,679 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 52.7 195% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 790 DQ Write 988 DQ Mixed 997 722% 925 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 332%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 26GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 54 26 24 23 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 119 Write 20.5 Mixed 37.6 SusWrite 39 59% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2 140% 3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4000 C19 8x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.2% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 28.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 27.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 156%

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16