Colorful

SL300 160GB

SL300 160GB
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Effective Speed -67%Effective Speed -67%Average Score -66%Read -7%, Write -27%, 4K Read -54%, 4K Write -67%, Mixed -48%, 4K Mixed -192%, SusWrite -64%Peak Score -16%Read -1%, Write -11%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed -68%, SusWrite -3%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -93%DQ Read -104%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -77%, ADQ Read -172%, ADQ Write -62%, ADQ Mixed -303%, Age 23%, AS-SSD Total -39%

Average Bench: 59.1% (812^th of 1072)

Based on 355 user benchmarks. Model: Colorful SL300 160GB

Poor: 29%Average: 59.1% Great: 87%

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Average average bench

The Colorful SL300 160GB averaged 40.8% 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 22.3MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 64.5MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Colorful SL300 160GB is 58.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Colorful SL300 160GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 181MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 120MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 355 samples)

Rank 81259.1%

Min	Avg	Max
322	Read 427	500
126	Write 320	436
13.5	Mixed 243	460
58.1	SusWrite 181	377
65.3% 293 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.2	4K Read 22.3	35.5
5.36	4K Write 52.3	107
0.4	4K Mixed 15.4	34.7
81.3% 30 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
47	DQ Read 120	180
13.8	DQ Write 178	326
0.76	DQ Mixed 64.5	187
72.4% 121 MB/s

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

SGP-User, 3 months ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0424A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 84 43 39 43 42 MB/s

58.9% Above average

Write 402

Mixed 353

SusWrite 97.7

73% 328 MB/s

4K Read 21.7

4K Write 71.3

4K Mixed 16.5

92% 36.5 MB/s

DQ Read 77.4

DQ Write 264

DQ Mixed 23.6

61% 122 MB/s

VNM-User, 28 days ago.

22GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0729A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 61 59 59 68 58 MB/s

51.2% Above average

Write 369

Mixed 153

SusWrite 67.7

59% 268 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 46.3

4K Mixed 9.5

79% 27.9 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 89.1

DQ Mixed 16.9

41% 86.6 MB/s

VNM-User, 4 months ago.

94GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0616B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 14 50 20 32 30 MB/s

37.6% Below average

Write 406

Mixed 354

SusWrite 79.7

73% 325 MB/s

4K Read 23.8

4K Write 14.3

4K Mixed 1

45% 13 MB/s

DQ Read 86.2

DQ Write 17

DQ Mixed 15.6

21% 39.6 MB/s

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 66%

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Motherboard: Asrock B365M Phantom Gaming 4

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	651x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	205x
Core i3-9100FIntel $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples	169x

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RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	127x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	114x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	111x

SSD
SL300 160GBColorfulBench 59%, 355 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	45x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $501

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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