Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 163% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	221% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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	121 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 02:56
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen TR 3960X-$1,350 6,609 User benchmarks, average bench 87% sTRX4, 1 CPU, 24 cores, 48 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 74.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 295 92% 172 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 1,176 104% 882 Pts	64-Core 4,443 275% 4,443 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.92 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 143 Parallax 142 118% 143 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 127 Splatting 107 110% 139 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid Array 1 4TB 614 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 3.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1375 1790 1601 1460 1716 1422 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,466 Write 1,107 Mixed 1,067 SusWrite 1,561 292% 1,300 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 32.3 120% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 722 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 710 528% 699 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 499%
Amd-raid Array 2 1TB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 931GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2166 1403 929 933 934 924 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,299 Write 1,591 Mixed 1692 SusWrite 1,215 328% 1,449 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 41.7 138% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 728 DQ Write 749 DQ Mixed 807 588% 761 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 413%
Amd-raid WDC WD20EARS-00S 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 105 107 106 107 108 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.4% Above average	Read 80.8 Write 95 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 105 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 53%
Amd-raid ST5000DM000-1FK1 5TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 149 149 150 161 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 80.1 Write 90.4 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 150 58% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.1 206% 3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 67%
Amd-raid ST8000DM004-2CX1 8TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 141 147 136 140 146 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 89.4 Write 104 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 140 64% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.4 153% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 100%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 766 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 56GB free, PID a83a, Asus USB utility Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 40 38 38 35 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 127 Write 10.7 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 34.5 47% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.4 160% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 35%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 766 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 18GB free, PID a83a, Asus USB Utility with Linux Partition Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 40 43 41 43 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 129 Write 5.7 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 41.9 58% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.5 162% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 35%
Corsair Voyager SliderX1 253GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 8GB free, PID 1a15 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 58 28 62 32 31 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 131 Write 49.9 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 42.4 72% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.4 122% 4.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 45%
USB DISK 2.0 12GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 9GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 7.7 7.5 5.9 8.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	5.18% Terrible	Read 9.7 Write 16.1 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 8 12% 8.88 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.18% Great: 8%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 250GB 809 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 28GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 24 21 27 29 22 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 86.7 Write 47.2 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 28.1 68% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.4 159% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3600C18-32GTZN 4x31.8GB 1,110 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 4 of 8 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	MC Read 77.4 MC Write 76.3 MC Mixed 79.3 222% 77.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 36.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 177%

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

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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	89x
Ryzen TR 3990XAMDBench 86%, 1,222 samples	54x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,135Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	91x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	20x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	14x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 402%, 182,136 samples	46x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $159Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	21x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $105Bench 385%, 327,441 samples	16x

RAM
F4-3600C18-32GTZN 8x31.9GBG.SKILLBench 159%, 143 samples	11x
F4 DDR4 3600 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 118%, 1,702 samples	6x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	6x

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