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Asgard AN2 500NV 500GB

Asgard AN2 500NV 500GB
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Effective Speed +61% Effective Speed 61%Average Score +72% Read 177%, Write 128%, 4K Read 12%, 4K Write 6%, Mixed 96%, 4K Mixed -6%, SusWrite 94%Peak Score +128% Read 246%, Write 227%, 4K Read 20%, 4K Write 37%, Mixed 177%, 4K Mixed 11%, SusWrite 181%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +101% DQ Read 149%, DQ Write 165%, DQ Mixed 97%, ADQ Read 77%, ADQ Write 68%, ADQ Mixed 41%, Age 72%, AS-SSD Total 142%

Average Bench: 159% (144^th of 1071)

Based on 12 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe Asgard AN2 500NV

Poor: 94%Average: 159% Great: 200%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Asgard AN2 500NV 500GB averaged 58.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Asgard AN2 500NV 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 368MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,268MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Asgard AN2 500NV 500GB is 106%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Asgard AN2 500NV 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 575MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 92.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)

Rank 144159%

Min	Avg	Max
777	Read 1,268	1,751
322	Write 926	1,586
172	Mixed 704	1172
42.1	SusWrite 575	1,087
193% 868 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.8	4K Read 38.3	51.6
52.8	4K Write 92.6	168
21.3	4K Mixed 42.5	64.7
162% 57.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
129	DQ Read 578	912
52.4	DQ Write 484	948
51.4	DQ Mixed 368	653
320% 477 MB/s

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BRA-User, 7 months ago.

183GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2665 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 55 307 40 56 47 MB/s

81.1% Excellent

Write 526

Mixed 491

SusWrite 97.7

116% 526 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 59.5

4K Mixed 29.1

101% 36.7 MB/s

DQ Read 137

DQ Write 51.2

DQ Mixed 68.3

57% 85.6 MB/s

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,022x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	959x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	908x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	487x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	460x

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Asgard AN2 500NV 500GBNvmeBench 159%, 12 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,368x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	490x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	354x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Asgard AN2 500NV 500GB

Average Bench: 159% (144^th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 159% (144th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 159% (144^th of 1071)