Allied

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Effective Speed -59%Effective Speed -59%Average Score -76%Read -14%, Write -61%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -73%, 4K Mixed -285%, SusWrite -57%Peak Score -26%Read -4%, Write -14%, 4K Read 8%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -148%, SusWrite 4%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -171%DQ Read -69%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -419%, ADQ Read -124%, ADQ Write -38%, ADQ Mixed -718%, Age 44%, AS-SSD Total -30%

Average Bench: 61.9% (779^th of 1072)

Based on 156 user benchmarks. Model: ALLIED SSD 240GB

Poor: 34%Average: 61.9% Great: 81%

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Above average average bench

The Allied 240GB 240GB averaged 38.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 70.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Allied 240GB 240GB is 46.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Allied 240GB 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 189MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 11.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 156 samples)

Rank 77961.9%

Min	Avg	Max
306	Read 402	485
9.05	Write 252	427
13.1	Mixed 208	381
21.5	SusWrite 189	403
58.4% 263 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.8	4K Read 28.2	46.6
5.34	4K Write 70.8	105
0.8	4K Mixed 11.7	23.5
95.3% 36.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
98.8	DQ Read 146	217
16.1	DQ Write 210	318
1.72	DQ Mixed 31.8	63.8
65% 129 MB/s

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AUS-User, 17 days ago.

24GB free

Firmware: Q1205B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 64 71 69 64 60 MB/s

72% Very good

Write 155

Mixed 176

SusWrite 76.8

50% 227 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 86.5

4K Mixed 27.9

122% 46.9 MB/s

DQ Read 232

DQ Write 250

DQ Mixed 33.8

83% 172 MB/s

AUS-User, 8 months ago.

44GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 226 227 235 235 239 MB/s

62.6% Good

Write 227

Mixed 172

SusWrite 229

61% 276 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 64.1

4K Mixed 10

76% 31 MB/s

DQ Read 135

DQ Write 222

DQ Mixed 60.9

79% 139 MB/s

AUS-User, 10 months ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 203 202 208 209 202 MB/s

56.7% Above average

Write 200

Mixed 169

SusWrite 204

55% 249 MB/s

4K Read 15

4K Write 62.1

4K Mixed 9.2

67% 28.8 MB/s

DQ Read 139

DQ Write 216

DQ Mixed 60.6

79% 139 MB/s

AUS-User, 11 months ago.

143GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q1205B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 107 103 96 113 104 MB/s

56.1% Above average

Write 91

Mixed 117

SusWrite 109

42% 193 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 73.2

4K Mixed 3.8

79% 33.4 MB/s

DQ Read 170

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 40.2

80% 157 MB/s

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Biostar B45M2

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Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	22x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	18x
Ryzen 7 2700AMD $185Bench 74%, 123,820 samples	9x

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RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	12x
GTX 1660Nvidia $143Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	11x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x

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240GB 240GBAlliedBench 62%, 156 samples	1x

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Value DDR4 2666 C19 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 80%, 4,888 samples	14x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	5x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $285

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Average Bench: 61.9% (779^th of 1072)

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