Colorful

SL500 480GB

SL500 480GB
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Effective Speed -53%Effective Speed -53%Average Score -52%Read -1%, Write -9%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -204%, SusWrite -40%Peak Score -14%Read -0%, Write -8%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -80%, SusWrite 12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -150%DQ Read -60%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -176%, ADQ Read -151%, ADQ Write -36%, ADQ Mixed -767%, Age 24%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 64.5% (746^th of 1072)

Based on 365 user benchmarks. Model: Colorful SL500 480GB

Poor: 30%Average: 64.5% Great: 94%

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Above average average bench

The Colorful SL500 480GB averaged 35.5% 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 24.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 62.6MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Colorful SL500 480GB is 63.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Colorful SL500 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 30MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 130MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 365 samples)

Rank 74664.5%

Min	Avg	Max
332	Read 453	506
74.5	Write 373	450
13.5	Mixed 283	415
54.1	SusWrite 211	433
73.8% 330 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.1	4K Read 24.5	37.2
3.85	4K Write 62.6	116
0.3	4K Mixed 14.8	32.4
89.2% 34 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
54.5	DQ Read 130	229
7.62	DQ Write 213	339
0.5	DQ Mixed 30	120
62.7% 125 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IDN-User, 3 months ago.

278GB free

Firmware: T0910A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 418 413 417 415 413 MB/s

98.3% Outstanding

Write 413

Mixed 364

SusWrite 417

92% 408 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 30.8

150% 60 MB/s

DQ Read 183

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 41.7

86% 172 MB/s

THA-User, 3 months ago.

68GB free

Firmware: FW200916

SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 257 0 41 22 33 MB/s

66.3% Good

Write 397

Mixed 352

SusWrite 119

75% 337 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 79.4

4K Mixed 12.4

106% 41.2 MB/s

DQ Read 185

DQ Write 256

DQ Mixed 18.2

70% 153 MB/s

ARG-User, 3 months ago.

253GB free

Firmware: HPS2227i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 281 285 261 268 278 MB/s

61.7% Good

Write 332

Mixed 322

SusWrite 272

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 28.8

4K Write 34.1

4K Mixed 10.4

75% 24.4 MB/s

DQ Read 199

DQ Write 89.2

DQ Mixed 16.1

46% 101 MB/s

RUS-User, 3 months ago.

40GB free

Firmware: HPS2227i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 32 18 21 82 19 MB/s

51.1% Above average

Write 404

Mixed 338

SusWrite 84.2

70% 314 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 45

4K Mixed 10.3

69% 25.4 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 14.4

64% 139 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 months ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0413A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 17 157 46 106 54 MB/s

44.3% Average

Write 358

Mixed 358

SusWrite 127

73% 326 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 21.9

4K Mixed 2.1

52% 16.2 MB/s

DQ Read 164

DQ Write 22.3

DQ Mixed 29.9

38% 72 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 month ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0910A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 3.8 22 31 6 3.6 MB/s

38.8% Below average

Write 41.9

Mixed 34.2

SusWrite 12

29% 139 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 23.6

4K Mixed 0.5

56% 17.5 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 51.2

DQ Mixed 0.6

27% 67.1 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 months ago.

41GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q1124A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 4.7 39 385 15 2 MB/s

32.7% Below average

Write 388

Mixed 17.1

SusWrite 75

52% 235 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 7.8

4K Mixed 0.5

36% 9.67 MB/s

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Gaming 27%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 23%

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Motherboard: MSI H310M PRO-VH PLUS (MS-7C13)

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	303x
Core i3-9100FIntel $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples	244x
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	105x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	77x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	70x

SSD
SL500 480GBColorfulBench 64%, 365 samples	1x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	32x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair $25Bench 42%, 47,473 samples	15x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $161

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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

Colorful

SL500 480GB

Average Bench: 64.5% (746^th of 1072)

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Colorful

SL500 480GB

Average Bench: 64.5% (746th of 1072)

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