Asgard

AN3 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB

AN3 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB
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Effective Speed +168% Effective Speed 168%Average Score +159% Read 399%, Write 281%, 4K Read 64%, 4K Write 70%, Mixed 52%, 4K Mixed 74%, SusWrite 173%Peak Score +219% Read 448%, Write 343%, 4K Read 67%, 4K Write 77%, Mixed 263%, 4K Mixed 73%, SusWrite 261%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +176% DQ Read 256%, DQ Write 256%, DQ Mixed 83%, ADQ Read 217%, ADQ Write 181%, ADQ Mixed 104%, Age 72%, AS-SSD Total 238%

Average Bench: 264% (49^th of 1072)

Based on 466 user benchmarks. Model: Asgard AN3 500NVMe-M.2/80

Poor: 161%Average: 264% Great: 349%

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Outstanding average bench

The Asgard AN3 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB averaged 163.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Asgard AN3 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 531MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,280MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asgard AN3 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB is 188%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Asgard AN3 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 545MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 808MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 466 samples)

Rank 49264%

Min	Avg	Max
1,226	Read 2,280	2,776
553	Write 1,544	2,150
122	Mixed 545	1,538
391	SusWrite 808	1,397
286% 1,294 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.7	4K Read 56.3	71.6
55.2	4K Write 149	217
43.3	4K Mixed 78.5	101
265% 94.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
562	DQ Read 1,034	1,305
320	DQ Write 811	1,275
128	DQ Mixed 531	605
504% 792 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 4 months ago.

193GB free

Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 410 534 555 533 536 MB/s

258% Outstanding

Write 1,449

Mixed 135

SusWrite 526

246% 1,125 MB/s

4K Read 62.4

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 82.1

274% 94.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,282

DQ Write 753

DQ Mixed 457

491% 831 MB/s

IRL-User, 4 months ago.

59GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 209 251 182 266 181 MB/s

256% Outstanding

Write 959

Mixed 336

SusWrite 286

215% 989 MB/s

4K Read 63.8

4K Write 169

4K Mixed 91.6

304% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 1,296

DQ Write 906

DQ Mixed 123

357% 775 MB/s

BGR-User, 23 days ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 556 562 562 558 442 MB/s

195% Outstanding

Write 1,450

Mixed 118

SusWrite 549

213% 963 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 81.4

4K Mixed 58.3

189% 62.3 MB/s

DQ Read 838

DQ Write 643

DQ Mixed 608

491% 697 MB/s

BRA-User, 3 months ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 42A7T36A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 791 503 258 180 638 550 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 902

Mixed 704

SusWrite 487

216% 980 MB/s

4K Read 0.3

4K Write 26

4K Mixed 37.6

62% 21.3 MB/s

DQ Read 454

DQ Write 261

DQ Mixed 391

282% 369 MB/s

BGD-User, 4 months ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SVN3990 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 408 404 410 412 412 MB/s

124% Outstanding

Write 403

Mixed 394

SusWrite 407

114% 514 MB/s

4K Read 36.1

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 37.9

169% 65.8 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 367

DQ Mixed 508

331% 382 MB/s

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Desktop 105%

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Workstation 203%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z590-F GAMING WIFI

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Core i7-11700KIntel $255Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	957x
Core i9-11900KIntel $258Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	563x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	153x

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RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	325x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	321x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	309x

SSD
AN3 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GBAsgardBench 264%, 466 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $82Bench 95%, 56,114 samples	70x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	56x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	54x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $997

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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

AN3 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB

Average Bench: 264% (49^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z590-F GAMING WIFI

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AN3 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB

Average Bench: 264% (49th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 264% (49^th of 1072)