Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% 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	216% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 01:03
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^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 2950X-$1,075 10,169 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 64.9 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 195 60% 111 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 682 62% 522 Pts	64-Core 2,285 141% 2,285 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 125 Parallax 148 97% 131 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 111% 140 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 838GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1885 1663 1359 1155 1181 1184 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2246 Write 2,050 Mixed 1,502 SusWrite 1,404 404% 1,800 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 59.9 201% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 428 309% 398 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 838GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2113 1921 1301 1106 1161 1209 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,375 Write 2115 Mixed 1,528 SusWrite 1,469 419% 1,872 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 60.9 202% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 454 DQ Mixed 396 304% 409 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$249 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1401 1105 1131 1135 1137 1127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,875 Write 2,014 Mixed 1,410 SusWrite 1,173 364% 1618 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 50.8 170% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 345 268% 367 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 371%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$255 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 462 464 465 467 467 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 456 Mixed 421 SusWrite 465 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 40 126% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 170 125% 164 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 162 167 166 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 109 Write 90.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 166 71% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 120 121 120 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 72.8 Write 84.8 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 120 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M4K3600C18 4x16GB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 67.7 MC Mixed 69.4 171% 59.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 26.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 166%

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

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Gaming 128%

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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 $1,075Bench 81%, 10,169 samples	94x
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
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	6x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $39Bench 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 $57Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,668

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