Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 208% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	151% 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	217% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	51.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190731
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 07:19
Run Duration	529 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 2990WX-$790 3,658 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 32 cores, 64 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 872 79% 666 Pts	64-Core 4,589 284% 4,589 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.28 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 205 Reflection 239 Parallax 256 167% 233 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 218 Splatting 134 158% 203 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 521GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1098 1174 1214 1256 1249 1197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,913 Write 1,956 Mixed 1,407 SusWrite 1,198 364% 1,618 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 45.1 164% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 341 265% 370 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 594GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1812 1891 1425 1297 1300 1263 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,411 Write 1,754 Mixed 1,468 SusWrite 1498 399% 1,783 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 65.9 194% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 534 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 463 337% 443 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1786 1826 1577 1395 1326 1401 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,930 Write 2,006 Mixed 1,442 SusWrite 1,552 390% 1,733 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 51.1 182% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 452 338% 454 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 634GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 392 394 415 416 397 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 398 Mixed 349 SusWrite 394 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 32.5 119% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 358 259% 336 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 690GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 416 396 415 413 395 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 496 Write 382 Mixed 315 SusWrite 407 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 40.1 124% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 364 196% 174 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 121%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1945 2771 2758 2412 2220 2211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	375% Outstanding	Read 3,779 Write 2,674 Mixed 2,112 SusWrite 2386 612% 2,738 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 64.2 186% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 517 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 436 322% 429 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 375% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 2TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1052 2643 2485 2523 2564 2506 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 3,054 Write 3,117 Mixed 2,118 SusWrite 2,295 595% 2,646 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 51.2 182% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 539 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 354 288% 414 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 410%
Hitachi HUH721212ALE600 12TB 408 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2TB free Firmware: LEGST3Q1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 134 132 133 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 113 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 134 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.8 326% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 136%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2TB free Firmware: APGNT517 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 146 141 145 149 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 158 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 146 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.2 127% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 120%
Hitachi HUH721212ALE600 12TB 408 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2.5TB free Firmware: LEGNT3D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 155 144 150 153 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 131 Write 136 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 150 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.4 283% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 136%
LD-CT CT 8GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.9 2.2 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	7.17% Terrible	Read 9.5 Write 5.5 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 2.3 8% 6.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.9 128% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.17% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 6,447 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 36.3 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 33.7 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 136%

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Typical ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA Builds (Compare 154 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 128%

UFO

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 156%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA

CPU
Ryzen TR 2950XAMD $798Bench 81%, 10,169 samples	93x
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
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	5x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $46Bench 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 $82Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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