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 as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	320% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	51.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '20 at 20:04
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3970X-$1,900 5,130 User benchmarks, average bench 86% sTRX4, 1 CPU, 32 cores, 64 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 83.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 958 90% 748 Pts	64-Core 5,536 343% 5,536 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 93%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 866GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1656 1677 1587 1484 1505 1508 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,175 Write 1,791 Mixed 1,627 SusWrite 1,570 402% 1,790 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 79 256% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,365 DQ Write 1,213 DQ Mixed 1,276 961% 1,285 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 410%
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 223GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 422 421 420 421 422 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 470 Write 410 Mixed 391 SusWrite 421 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 28.4 91% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 182 141% 195 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 114%
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 385GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 440 263 110 110 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 297 Write 111 Mixed 93.1 SusWrite 244 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 11.8 54% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.6 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 15.1 11% 15.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 100%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 54GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 383 383 384 384 382 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 473 Write 310 Mixed 301 SusWrite 383 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 26.1 96% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 91.3 DQ Mixed 135 101% 138 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 86%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 252GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 280 275 278 280 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 362 Write 360 Mixed 321 SusWrite 280 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 43.1 142% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 199 151% 204 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 125%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 56GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1754 Write 1382 Mixed 1,227 323% 1,454 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 76.6 252% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,068 DQ Write 794 DQ Mixed 418 452% 760 MB/s
Poor: 140% Great: 311%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 962GB free Firmware: GT02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 153 153 153 153 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 149 Write 132 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 152 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 104%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 649GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 93 94 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 89.1 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 92.6 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 4400 C19 Series 8x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	182% Outstanding	MC Read 78.2 MC Write 60.4 MC Mixed 77.9 206% 72.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 44.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 182%

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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 $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