Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	51 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '20 at 18:27
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	91%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 2950X-$798 10,169 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 695 65% 541 Pts	64-Core 1016 63% 1016 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.2 92% 105 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 106 Splatting 83.3 87% 110 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV500480G 480GB 7,138 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 161GB free Firmware: 003056RI SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 185 126 165 145 149 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.7% Below average	Read 253 Write 244 Mixed 236 SusWrite 163 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 16.1 4K Mixed 11.2 38% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 135 114% 165 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 95%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 186 Write 224 Mixed 177 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 12.5 42% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 182 161% 242 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 1.5TB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 706 732 690 709 870 870 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,072 Write 1,171 Mixed 996 SusWrite 763 225% 1,000 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 12.4 50% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 378 285% 387 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 128GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 83 81 85 87 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 78.3 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 84.5 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 776GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 125 117 124 132 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 110 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 126 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 140 136 139 145 139 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 114 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 141 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 108%
USB DISK 2.0 5GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 6 4.8 5.8 6.3 6.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	4.23% Terrible	Read 16.2 Write 10.2 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 5.5 12% 9.53 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.23% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M8C3000C15 8x8GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 33.5 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 25.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 180%

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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 $798Bench 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 $46Bench 234%, 87,206 samples	25x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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