Asgard

AN2 250NVMe-M.2/80 250GB

AN2 250NVMe-M.2/80 250GB
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Effective Speed +53% Effective Speed 53%Average Score +61% Read 194%, Write 97%, 4K Read 30%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 84%, 4K Mixed -33%, SusWrite 23%Peak Score +99% Read 236%, Write 143%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 64%, Mixed 148%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite 60%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +86% DQ Read 111%, DQ Write 177%, DQ Mixed 69%, ADQ Read 66%, ADQ Write 77%, ADQ Mixed 7%, Age 50%, AS-SSD Total 127%

Average Bench: 151% (155^th of 1072)

Based on 433 user benchmarks. Model: Asgard AN2 250NVMe-M.2/80

Poor: 82%Average: 151% Great: 203%

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Outstanding average bench

The Asgard AN2 250NVMe-M.2/80 250GB averaged 50.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Asgard AN2 250NVMe-M.2/80 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 278MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,345MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asgard AN2 250NVMe-M.2/80 250GB is 121%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Asgard AN2 250NVMe-M.2/80 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 364MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 433 samples)

Rank 155151%

Min	Avg	Max
484	Read 1,345	1,700
81.4	Write 799	1,179
91	Mixed 659	1,048
132	SusWrite 364	620
175% 792 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.7	4K Read 44.7	56.3
31.5	4K Write 118	201
12.8	4K Mixed 33.9	66.5
174% 65.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
190	DQ Read 542	776
26.3	DQ Write 511	991
17.2	DQ Mixed 278	560
277% 444 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

BRA-User, 11 days ago.

138GB free

Firmware: SN02588 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1131 1091 1091 1085 575 182 MB/s

232% Outstanding

Write 1,102

Mixed 538

SusWrite 859

225% 1,013 MB/s

4K Read 54.1

4K Write 167

4K Mixed 75.4

267% 99 MB/s

DQ Read 646

DQ Write 901

DQ Mixed 563

484% 704 MB/s

DZA-User, 2 months ago.

188GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.T.X.2Y Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 971 950 217 193 182 228 MB/s

160% Outstanding

Write 792

Mixed 779

SusWrite 457

163% 724 MB/s

4K Read 53.2

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 57.2

227% 82.9 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 873

DQ Mixed 203

276% 487 MB/s

BRA-User, 8 days ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 514 338 453 237 242 183 MB/s

143% Outstanding

Write 994

Mixed 854

SusWrite 328

202% 912 MB/s

4K Read 36.2

4K Write 82.6

4K Mixed 22.4

127% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 698

DQ Write 518

DQ Mixed 469

388% 562 MB/s

BRA-User, 6 days ago.

172GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 483 276 168 171 166 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 999

Mixed 864

SusWrite 309

201% 907 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 83.6

4K Mixed 20.2

133% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 664

DQ Write 511

DQ Mixed 469

383% 548 MB/s

BRA-User, 2 months ago.

85GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN02789 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 182 182 183 182 181 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 181

Mixed 212

SusWrite 182

56% 251 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 66.8

4K Mixed 20.6

96% 36.8 MB/s

DQ Read 217

DQ Write 14.8

DQ Mixed 215

131% 149 MB/s

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H - $138

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	190x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	171x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	85x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	59x

SSD
AN2 250NVMe-M.2/80 250GBAsgardBench 151%, 433 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	17x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $474

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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

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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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Asgard

AN2 250NVMe-M.2/80 250GB

Average Bench: 151% (155^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H - $138

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AN2 250NVMe-M.2/80 250GB

Average Bench: 151% (155th of 1072)

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Terrible consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H - $138

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Average Bench: 151% (155^th of 1072)