Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 157% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	248% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	105.6 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '22 at 14:01
Run Duration	436 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3960X-$1,350 6,609 User benchmarks, average bench 87% sTRX4, 1 CPU, 24 cores, 48 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 75.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 85% 158 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 1,043 93% 785 Pts	64-Core 4,122 255% 4,122 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 169 Parallax 162 125% 162 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 170 Splatting 121 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid Array 4 749GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 248% 565GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4077 907 908 904 906 902 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	248% Outstanding	Read 1,732 Write 4,270 Mixed 1,201 SusWrite 1,434 490% 2,160 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 51.1 172% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 944 DQ Mixed 626 536% 779 MB/s
Poor: 248% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 248%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 325GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 84 84 85 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 83 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 83.7 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free Firmware: RT17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 171 180 181 182 181 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 51.9 Write 164 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 176 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.4 230% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 87%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 141 144 145 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 140 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 142 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 170% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 8x16GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	198% Outstanding	MC Read 82.8 MC Write 78.1 MC Mixed 81.4 231% 80.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 36.5 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 89 45% 89 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 201%

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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 $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	91x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	20x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	14x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 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 $107Bench 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: 60% - Good

Total price: $2,904

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16