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 (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	289% 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	52.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '20 at 11:31
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3990X 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 86% sTRX4, 1 CPU, 32 cores, 64 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 82.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 1,130 101% 852 Pts	64-Core 5,090 315% 5,090 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1696 1464 1196 1098 987 895 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,346 Write 2,242 Mixed 1,635 SusWrite 1,222 417% 1,861 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 74.8 248% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 984 DQ Write 973 DQ Mixed 900 698% 952 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 435%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,902 Write 4,802 Mixed 4,183 1,102% 4,963 MB/s	4K Read 242 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 180 710% 211 MB/s	DQ Read 1,186 DQ Write 1126 DQ Mixed 1,189 883% 1,167 MB/s
Poor: 85% Great: 132%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 188 197 197 197 197 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 366 Write 192 Mixed 221 SusWrite 194 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 15.5 95% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 28.9 47% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 72%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 233GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 315 295 294 295 295 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 350 Write 369 Mixed 307 SusWrite 311 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 38.8 131% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 182 147% 208 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 3.7 3.7 11 9.2 9 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 62.2 Write 42.8 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 7.3 34% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.3 36% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C14 4x16GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	MC Read 84.1 MC Write 83.1 MC Mixed 84.1 239% 83.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 42 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 143%

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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 $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	91x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	20x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	14x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 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 $104Bench 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: 55% - Above average

Total price: $3,215

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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