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 way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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 (37%). 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	30.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190731
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '20 at 19:05
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 1900X-$110 7,071 User benchmarks, average bench 76% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 169 58% 102 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 578 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 55.5 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 80.7 45% 65.9 fps	Gravity 59.8 Splatting 53 50% 56.4 fps
Poor: 35% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid Array 7 999GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 157% 758GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 470 456 454 458 465 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 685 Write 738 Mixed 447 SusWrite 457 131% 582 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 12.7 4K Mixed 10.5 35% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 89.3 DQ Write 68.6 DQ Mixed 65.2 52% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 282%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 50GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,671 Write 1,969 Mixed 2,290 514% 2,310 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 38.7 171% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 530 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 436 320% 424 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 123%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 652GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 102 94 100 101 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 89 94 95 96 105 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 82%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$25 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 528GB free Firmware: 01.01K01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 96 95 90 94 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 50% Great: 90%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 288GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 97 94 93 94 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 42% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 242GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 137 137 130 136 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 190GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 65 63 58 63 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 77%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 282GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 76 71 72 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 198GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 77 73 73 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 28% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 780GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 56 54 56 56 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 69%
Amd-raid Array 8 999GB 930GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 523 518 521 535 522 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G F4-3600C16-8GTZNC KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G F4-3600C16-8GTZNC 48GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.1% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 21.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns

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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 $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 $40Bench 234%, 87,206 samples	25x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	16x
XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBAdata $50Bench 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: $1,669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16