Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	327% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '20 at 05:16
Run Duration	546 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 2950X-$1,075 10,169 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 70.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 81% 150 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 818 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 2,587 160% 2,587 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2262 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 116 Reflection 126 Parallax 120 95% 121 fps	Gravity 109 Splatting 111 97% 110 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid Array 3 1.5TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2908 2531 2535 2566 2537 2539 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 2,410 Write 3,621 Mixed 2,266 SusWrite 2,603 617% 2,725 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44.2 161% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 419 336% 472 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 327%
Amd-raid Array 2 958GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 3GB free Firmware: 9.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 417 Write 289 Mixed 246 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 12.3 54% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 54.2 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 40.9 37% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 190%
Adaptec Array 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: V1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1189 460 462 463 450 465 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Amd-raid Array 4 2TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 904GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2846 1673 1647 1672 1672 1672 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2148 Write 3,471 Mixed 1,646 SusWrite 1,864 516% 2,282 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.4 174% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 476 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 465 355% 479 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 362%
Amd-raid Array 5 499GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 173% 465GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2696 611 609 609 608 606 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,919 Write 2,852 Mixed 1,425 SusWrite 956 403% 1,788 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 54.5 184% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 478 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 465 353% 474 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 354%
Adaptec Array 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 0GB free Firmware: V1.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 120 Write 84.8 Mixed 68.8 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 95%
Adaptec Array 4TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: V1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 154 155 154 158 154 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 108%
Adaptec Array 3TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: V1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 132 131 129 126 125 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 50% Great: 90%
Adaptec Array 3TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: V1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 140 142 143 143 143 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 50% Great: 90%
Adaptec Array 4TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: V1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 139 137 139 139 132 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 108%
Amd-raid Array 7 8TB 4.5TB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 158 115 78 121 138 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.5% Good	Read 104 Write 84.3 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 127 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 247% 2.37 MB/s

General UDisk 16GB 4,718 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 5.4 4.8 4.2 5.5 4.6 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	5.46% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 1.5 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 4.7 8% 7.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.46% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3200C16 2x8GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.9% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 105%

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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 $1,075Bench 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 $45Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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