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Asgard AN256NVMe 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 137% (172nd of 1072)

Based on 45 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Asgard AN256NVMe
Poor: 75%Average: 137% Great: 188%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Asgard AN256NVMe 256GB averaged 37.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Asgard AN256NVMe 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,272MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 444MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Asgard AN256NVMe 256GB is 112%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Asgard AN256NVMe 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 331MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 45 samples)
Rank 172137%
Min Avg Max
355 Read 1,272 1,708
5.5 Write 637 1,150
5.5 Mixed 568 1,006
102 SusWrite 331 827
155% 702 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.2 4K Read 41.2 59.9
1.7 4K Write 125 243
7.1 4K Mixed 27.8 53.1
164% 64.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.1 DQ Read 342 772
24.2 DQ Write 444 998
1.1 DQ Mixed 107 472
161% 298 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 275 308 369 207 367 MB/s
200% Outstanding
Read 1,708
Write 1,043
Mixed 971
SusWrite 358
226% 1,020 MB/s
4K Read 59.9
4K Write 216
4K Mixed 33
247% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 771
DQ Write 998
DQ Mixed 472
471% 747 MB/s
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 5.2 128 4 133 13 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 3,390
Write 16.5
Mixed 18.5
SusWrite 76.3
182% 875 MB/s
4K Read 99.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
150% 33 MB/s
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 447 510 299 413 471 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 1,636
Write 1,130
Mixed 946
SusWrite 416
229% 1032 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 16.5
150% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 754
DQ Write 94.4
DQ Mixed 123
167% 324 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 206 293 543 897 897 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 1,366
Write 68.2
Mixed 461
SusWrite 533
132% 607 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 18.7
154% 61.9 MB/s
DQ Read 393
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 94.5
130% 242 MB/s
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02C0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 331 257 799 366 950 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 1,440
Write 89.6
Mixed 89.2
SusWrite 523
115% 535 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 40.4
4K Mixed 8.5
101% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 393
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 50.1
96% 199 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0802C0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 149 447 86 105 85 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 1,366
Write 477
Mixed 85.5
SusWrite 199
115% 532 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 34.6
4K Mixed 7.1
85% 26.5 MB/s
DQ Read 392
DQ Write 43.8
DQ Mixed 32.1
71% 156 MB/s
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Typical Asgard AN256NVMe 256GB Builds (Compare 723 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 54%
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Desktop
Desktop 92%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370M AORUS Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples132x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples112x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples109x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples88x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples65x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples40x
SSD
Asgard AN256NVMe 256GBNvmeBench 137%, 45 samples1x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples59x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 76%, 20,001 samples23x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $303

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