Netizens who pay attention to the price of hardware have recently found that the price of 1T SSD has begun to drop. It is said that this is the first time in a year that the high-capacity SSD has turned down, and the bulk transaction price of 1TB TLC hard disks has fallen by 5% compared with the Q3 quarter, as long as 37.5 US dollars, about 240 oceans. Due to the significant reduction in mobile phone shipments, the supply of NANO flash memory is oversupplied. As a result, the price of NAND flash memory began to fall, and the price of large-capacity SSDs also fell, so can we expect the price of cabbage to be 1T SSD?
As for domestic brands, domestic SSDs, we will certainly not miss this opportunity. Before there was the turmoil of the Patriot 399 yuan 1T SSD, and then there was asgard, which challenged the high-end SSD abroad. Temporarily pull the previously high-end SSD price to the entry-level price. Thanks to the help of domestic NAND flash memory and domestic SSD master control, the pricing power of high-end SSD is no longer exclusive to foreign brands.
Recently, Asgard introduced the new AN3.0 SSD, which uses TLC 3D NAND flash memory from Changjiang Storage and is packaged by Jiahe Jinwei. Lianyun MAP1202A master control, using 22nm process, and support PCIe Gen3X4 NVMe1.4 protocol, with a read and write speed of 3200Mb/s, can fully match the performance of first-line brands outside the United States. Coupled with its entry-level price, it has suddenly become a dragon slayer for foreign high-end SSDs. With the price of entry-level products and the performance of high-end products, to PK with foreign high-end SSDs, can it be successful in the end? Let's wait and see.
This time, Asgart AN3.0 SSD positioning is with foreign high-end SSD PK, not only cheaper than foreign high-end SSDs in terms of price, but also stronger than foreign SSDs in terms of performance. Therefore, in terms of packaging, it is also a relatively high-end route. In terms of packaging, the design is very thick, and the front is marked with the words 3200 UP to MB/s, indicating that its speed is as high as 3200MB/s and its performance is powerful. This SSD supports a five-year warranty or 600TBW, which can fully meet the needs of ordinary users.
In addition to the SSD body, the product also has instructions, fixing screws, and special small screwdrivers. In terms of details, it is full of domestic characteristics and does not cut the door at all. Unlike some foreign SSD brands, the price of SSDs sells super high, but it is cut to the point where there is not even a fixed screw. Although the motherboard now comes with SSD fixing screws, it is better than nothing, in case the motherboard does not have a belt, or the screws with the belt are accidentally lost?
Asgart AN3.0 SSD is a single-sided design, DRAM-Less without independent cache, M.2 M-key interface, support for NVMe 1.4 protocol, support for HMB (HostMemoryBuffer, host memory buffer).
There are stickers on the front of the SSD, but there is no heatsink, and after tearing the stickers, you can see the master and flash memory. Among them, the main control is Lianyun MAP1202A, 22nm process, with low power consumption, low heat, high performance characteristics.
In terms of flash memory, it uses Jiahe Jinwei self-packaged flash memory (using Yangtze River storage 3D TLCNAND wafers, the chip has the YMTC Xtaking logo), which is actually a Yangtze River xtacking2.0 tlc 128-layer flash memory particles.
The next thing is to install the actual test, after all, the product is good or not, not to see its appearance, nor to see its packaging.
I'm using the latest 12th generation Core platform here, and the detailed configuration is as follows:
Processor: Intel I5-12600K (boxed)
Heat sink: Overclocking three (PCCOOLER) Tokai R4000 ARGB CPU heatsink
Motherboard: MSI MPG Z690 EDGE TI WIFI DDR4 Blade Titanium Motherboard
HDD: Asgard 1TB SSD M.2 interface (NVMe protocol) AN3.0
Memory sticks: Gloway 16GB (8Gx2) set DDR4 3200 Yi Pro series - domestic particle RGB light bar
Graphics: Nuclear
Chassis: None
Power supply: ADATA XPG rated 850W high-end gaming computer power supply
Display: MSI MAG274QRF-QD 27-inch gaming monitor
For an SSD, in fact, the motherboard is very important, a good motherboard, not only has excellent compatibility, but also has excellent stability. Sometimes the performance of the SSD is seriously degraded, or it is stuck, restarted, cannot recognize the disk, can not enter the system and other problems, may be the motherboard has a problem. I've come across it before, and after replacing the motherboard, everything is fine with the SSD.
The motherboard is powered by a 16-phase 75A CPU direct connection, using a third-generation titanium power supply, 6-layer PCB 2 ounces of copper enhanced design. There are four PCIE slots, the first of which is 5.0 16x, which is enough for the next generation of graphics products.
This motherboard has four 4.0 M.2 interfaces, and all of them have heat sinks, of which the M.2 interface near the CPU is PCI-E4.0 22110, and the other three are PCI-E4.0 2280, and the M.2 interface can be said to be very sufficient.
Here I installed the Asgart AN3.0 SSD on the first M.2 interface bit and did not install the heatsink that came with the motherboard to test how much heat it really generated.
The hardware information measured by Master Lu.
The Asgart AN3.0 SSD scored 210642 points in the Lu Master Run, which feels like this score is not low.
Viewed via the CrystalDiskInfo software, you can see the ASGART AN3.0 SSD with the transfer mode in PCIe 3.0 x4. The number of power-ups is 3 times, the total number of reads and writes is all 0GB, and the power-on time is also 0 hours, indicating that this is a new SSD.
Test the Asgat AN3.0 SSD using HD Tune Pro with a file length set to 100G for 100G random write and read tests. It can be seen that when the read speed exceeds 81GB, the speed will drop significantly. After the write speed exceeds 35GB, the speed will also be greatly reduced once, and then when it exceeds 81GB, it will be reduced again. This shows that the Asgard AN3.0 SSD is not a full disk simulation, but simulates about 80GB, and the speed after slowing out is about 500M/s to 1.3G/s.
Slave mode:
In the CrystalDiskMark test, when the Asgart AN3.0 SSD is a slave disk, the read speed is 3572.65MB/s and the write speed is 3200.22MB/s, which is higher than the official speed. This speed is the ceiling in the NVMe protocol PCIe 3.0x4 SSD, right?
In the AS SSD Benchmark software test, the Asgart AN3.0 SSD was a slave disk with a read speed of 2547.30MB/s and a write speed of 2581.92MB/s.
Master Disk Mode:
In the CrystalDiskMark test, the Asgart AN3.0 SSD had a read speed of 3571.09MB/s and a write speed of 3193.59MB/s when it was on the main disk. You can see that the performance of 4K is significantly stronger when the main disk is used, so the Asgard AN3.0 SSD is really suitable for use as the main disk.
In the AS SSD Benchmark software test, when the ASGART AN3.0 SSD is on the main disk, the read speed is 2604.11MB/s, and the write speed is 2333.17MB/s, which is significantly improved in 4K read and write.
Finally, there was the temperature test of the Asgart AN3.0 SSD, which I monitored using crystalDiskInfo software, and after several tests, I found that the maximum temperature of this SSD was only 44 degrees. Is the main controller of Lianyun MAP1202A really so strong in terms of temperature? This low-fever effect is also too obvious. I didn't quite believe it at first, so I felt it with my hand, and the surface temperature of the Asgart AN3.0 SSD was really not hot, and it seemed that the temperature was real. Of course, my test is not rigorous and I look forward to the test of professional tools.
Summary: It's time to summarize again, through the test, everyone has also seen that the domestic SSD has once again brought us surprises. Whether it is the main controller of Lianyun MAP1202A or the Yangtze River xtacking2.0 tlc 128-layer flash memory particles, they are full of sincerity. And this time Asgart AN3.0 SSD is also the main high-end low price, read and write speed are easily more than 3200MB/s, strong performance, can be fully comparable to foreign high-end SSDs. Who says domestic SSDs don't have high-end ones? Isn't that coming? Domestic high-end SSD, with stronger performance, more powerful price, to and foreign brand PK, the advantage is very obvious.
Of course, there are some shortcomings in the current Asgart AN3.0 SSD, such as the lack of dedicated SSD management software or dedicated optimization tools. The Samsung SSD has the Samsung SSD Magician Tool, and the Western SSD has the WD SSD Dashboard. Therefore, it is expected that the domestic SSD will also have its own dedicated management optimization software as soon as possible. There is also a serious shortage of SSDs, and I bought it with a lot of effort. I hope that Asgard can increase production as soon as possible, otherwise such a good SSD, users want to use but can not buy, it is a pity.