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AN256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 141% (175th of 1080)

Based on 852 user benchmarks.  Model: Asgard AN256NVMe-M.2/80
Poor: 75%Average: 141% Great: 197%

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Outstanding average bench

The Asgard AN256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB averaged 41.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Asgard AN256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 207MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,336MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asgard AN256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB is 122%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Asgard AN256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 314MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 29.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 852 samples)
Rank 175141%
Min Avg Max
489 Read 1,336 1,716
63 Write 690 1,173
72.5 Mixed 580 1,017
122 SusWrite 314 595
161% 730 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.8 4K Read 43.6 55.7
23.1 4K Write 111 208
8.28 4K Mixed 29.1 51.3
162% 61.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
175 DQ Read 494 780
34.5 DQ Write 469 969
9.7 DQ Mixed 207 545
231% 390 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 305 921 945 668 1085 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,524
Write 66.4
Mixed 128
SusWrite 721
132% 610 MB/s
4K Read 50.2
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 45.4
201% 73.8 MB/s
DQ Read 781
DQ Write 592
DQ Mixed 102
235% 491 MB/s
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 750 462 303 571 588 406 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,589
Write 545
Mixed 983
SusWrite 513
201% 908 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 92.2
4K Mixed 38.9
166% 58.6 MB/s
DQ Read 552
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 160
189% 334 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: R0802C0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 785 830 845 196 143 MB/s
139% Outstanding
Read 1,163
Write 856
Mixed 762
SusWrite 582
188% 841 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 96.8
4K Mixed 24.4
131% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 228
DQ Write 594
DQ Mixed 44.3
139% 288 MB/s
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0802C0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 263 177 115 106 99 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 1,478
Write 178
Mixed 82.7
SusWrite 190
103% 482 MB/s
4K Read 50.5
4K Write 89.3
4K Mixed 36.5
170% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 9
69% 170 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 14 159 9.6 146 63 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 1,678
Write 460
Mixed 629
SusWrite 85.4
155% 713 MB/s
4K Read 47.9
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 66.5 MB/s
DQ Read 404
DQ Write 30.2
DQ Mixed 9.1
59% 148 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 115 33 113 323 74 MB/s
99.1% Outstanding
Read 1,321
Write 900
Mixed 410
SusWrite 144
153% 694 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 30.6
4K Mixed 10.6
90% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 504
DQ Write 41.5
DQ Mixed 56.2
96% 201 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN02588 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 97 79 83 85 81 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 686
Write 102
Mixed 97.7
SusWrite 85.8
52% 243 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 21.4
90% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 201
DQ Write 96.9
DQ Mixed 146
109% 148 MB/s
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Desktop 88%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,762x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,519x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $150Bench 76%, 159,077 samples1,057x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples795x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples587x
RX 580AMD  $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples561x
SSD
AN256NVMe-M.2/80 256GBAsgardBench 141%, 852 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples665x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples575x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples454x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 143% - Outstanding Total price: $268

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