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AN2+ 256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 144% (163rd of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: Asgard AN2+ 256NVMe-M.2/80
Poor: 99%Average: 144% Great: 198%

Outstanding average bench

The Asgard AN2+ 256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB averaged 43.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Asgard AN2+ 256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 277MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,332MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asgard AN2+ 256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB is 98.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Asgard AN2+ 256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 361MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 163144%
Min Avg Max
541 Read 1,332 1,658
214 Write 769 1,109
133 Mixed 681 992
184 SusWrite 361 557
174% 786 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.5 4K Read 39.2 47.4
39.8 4K Write 101 177
15.1 4K Mixed 27.4 47
148% 55.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
401 DQ Read 665 775
61.8 DQ Write 458 1,026
39.2 DQ Mixed 277 548
284% 467 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 954 311 200 322 407 402 MB/s
198% Outstanding
Read 1,619
Write 1106
Mixed 992
SusWrite 433
231% 1,038 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 177
4K Mixed 47
224% 90 MB/s
DQ Read 772
DQ Write 1,026
DQ Mixed 548
512% 782 MB/s
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318A0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 528 161 218 161 99 MB/s
174% Outstanding
Read 1,609
Write 1,082
Mixed 959
SusWrite 319
220% 992 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 156
4K Mixed 30.9
193% 77.9 MB/s
DQ Read 771
DQ Write 766
DQ Mixed 474
437% 671 MB/s
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 567 415 804 597 577 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,470
Write 214
Mixed 133
SusWrite 557
129% 594 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 32.1
159% 60.5 MB/s
DQ Read 719
DQ Write 376
DQ Mixed 112
199% 402 MB/s
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318A0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 821 805 406 821 153 49 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 1,278
Write 872
Mixed 775
SusWrite 509
191% 859 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 83.3
4K Mixed 16.8
106% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 482
DQ Write 415
DQ Mixed 408
317% 435 MB/s
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318A0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 133 185 164 164 221 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 1,658
Write 1,109
Mixed 942
SusWrite 190
216% 975 MB/s
4K Read 47.4
4K Write 57.4
4K Mixed 15.1
122% 40 MB/s
DQ Read 775
DQ Write 61.8
DQ Mixed 39.2
124% 292 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 504 334 261 222 322 356 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 541
Write 514
Mixed 498
SusWrite 333
106% 472 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 80.1
4K Mixed 32.1
131% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 737
DQ Write 379
DQ Mixed 256
271% 457 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 149 164 213 169 232 MB/s
99.3% Outstanding
Read 1,150
Write 485
Mixed 470
SusWrite 184
126% 572 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 39.8
4K Mixed 17.6
100% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 401
DQ Write 179
DQ Mixed 99.2
124% 227 MB/s

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