Asgard

AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB

AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB
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Effective Speed +87% Effective Speed 87%Average Score +95% Read 212%, Write 174%, 4K Read 36%, 4K Write 42%, Mixed 89%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite 121%Peak Score +155% Read 259%, Write 249%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 58%, Mixed 182%, 4K Mixed 42%, SusWrite 253%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +138% DQ Read 214%, DQ Write 192%, DQ Mixed 132%, ADQ Read 141%, ADQ Write 112%, ADQ Mixed 67%, Age 60%, AS-SSD Total 184%

Average Bench: 184% (114^th of 1072)

Based on 599 user benchmarks. Model: Asgard AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80

Poor: 102%Average: 184% Great: 263%

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Outstanding average bench

The Asgard AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB averaged 84.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Asgard AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 435MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,425MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asgard AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB is 160%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Asgard AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 656MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 599 samples)

Rank 114184%

Min	Avg	Max
686	Read 1,425	1,820
118	Write 1,111	1,693
90.7	Mixed 677	1,195
186	SusWrite 656	1368
216% 967 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.4	4K Read 46.8	60.8
38.4	4K Write 124	193
14.1	4K Mixed 40.7	82.7
189% 70.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
306	DQ Read 787	1,152
31.3	DQ Write 611	1,047
20.3	DQ Mixed 435	770
397% 611 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DZA-User, 1 month ago.

124GB free

Firmware: SN02665 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1541 987 514 438 262 266 MB/s

227% Outstanding

Write 1,581

Mixed 462

SusWrite 668

228% 1,019 MB/s

4K Read 56.5

4K Write 151

4K Mixed 78.5

266% 95.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,221

DQ Write 976

DQ Mixed 788

674% 995 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

318GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1504 710 685 752 781 470 MB/s

223% Outstanding

Write 1,554

Mixed 1,088

SusWrite 817

289% 1,292 MB/s

4K Read 56.4

4K Write 173

4K Mixed 32.2

218% 87.1 MB/s

DQ Read 901

DQ Write 978

DQ Mixed 529

512% 803 MB/s

RUS-User, 16 days ago.

193GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 566 573 580 499 444 349 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 1,418

Mixed 1,119

SusWrite 502

237% 1,052 MB/s

4K Read 59.1

4K Write 147

4K Mixed 72.5

260% 93 MB/s

DQ Read 1,165

DQ Write 472

DQ Mixed 646

524% 761 MB/s

DZA-User, 18 days ago.

181GB free

Firmware: SN02665 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1116 498 503 232 257 248 MB/s

177% Outstanding

Write 1213

Mixed 460

SusWrite 476

188% 841 MB/s

4K Read 49.1

4K Write 90.6

4K Mixed 61

200% 66.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1024

DQ Write 629

DQ Mixed 745

577% 799 MB/s

BRA-User, 28 days ago.

247GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 653 677 601 636 652 437 MB/s

161% Outstanding

Write 1,317

Mixed 876

SusWrite 609

233% 1,039 MB/s

4K Read 40.9

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 21.6

145% 55.5 MB/s

DQ Read 717

DQ Write 565

DQ Mixed 421

375% 567 MB/s

ESP-User, 26 days ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 284 409 363 169 527 MB/s

160% Outstanding

Write 1,565

Mixed 932

SusWrite 390

259% 1,166 MB/s

4K Read 51.7

4K Write 67.5

4K Mixed 26.6

148% 48.6 MB/s

DQ Read 903

DQ Write 102

DQ Mixed 331

286% 445 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

280GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN02486 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 199 175 162 178 179 MB/s

98.1% Outstanding

Write 529

Mixed 387

SusWrite 213

113% 510 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 36.5

142% 55.8 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 85.9

DQ Mixed 185

119% 138 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 43%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3-CF - $150

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Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	279x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	93x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	122x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	83x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	82x

SSD
AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GBAsgardBench 184%, 599 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	19x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $422

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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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	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 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB

Average Bench: 184% (114^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3-CF - $150

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AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB

Average Bench: 184% (114th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 184% (114^th of 1072)