User blog comment:Cubuff37/My Official Review Of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare/@comment-1916935-20150131200152/@comment-24756040-20150131214225

The ASM1 shoots faster than the KF5 for the first 8 bullets. Considering how you only need 3 of these 8 fast, powerful bullets to kill the enemy, and considering how solid the 3HK range is on the ASM1, this can melt through the KF5. The KF5 on the other hand has a faster default fire rate than the ASM1, but has less damage outside of the first 5 bullets.

Considering how situational the KF5's power is, the ASM1 wins over it due to consistency.