Colorful

SL500 250GB

SL500 250GB
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Effective Speed -45%Effective Speed -45%Average Score -47%Read -5%, Write -20%, 4K Read -27%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -206%, SusWrite -22%Peak Score -14%Read -1%, Write -9%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -80%, SusWrite 10%Value & Sentiment -873%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,733%Nice To Haves -191%DQ Read -94%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -524%, ADQ Read -174%, ADQ Write -15%, ADQ Mixed -846%, Age 163%, AS-SSD Total -31%

Average Bench: 67.9% (699^th of 1072)

Based on 190 user benchmarks. Model: Colorful SL500 250GB

Poor: 25%Average: 67.9% Great: 94%

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Above average average bench

The Colorful SL500 250GB averaged 32.1% 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 27.1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 252MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Colorful SL500 250GB is 68.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Colorful SL500 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 27.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 119MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 190 samples)

Rank 69967.9%

Min	Avg	Max
306	Read 434	501
27.1	Write 337	443
10.2	Mixed 295	408
25	SusWrite 242	425
73.2% 327 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.5	4K Read 27.1	39.4
5.4	4K Write 70.6	120
0.3	4K Mixed 14.7	32.4
97.2% 37.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
64.5	DQ Read 119	189
15.3	DQ Write 252	345
0.88	DQ Mixed 27.5	53.1
66% 133 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

IDN-User, 3 months ago.

87GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 407 411 173 30 44 MB/s

72.7% Very good

Write 392

Mixed 314

SusWrite 222

78% 351 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 92

4K Mixed 11

112% 45.1 MB/s

DQ Read 132

DQ Write 257

DQ Mixed 15

62% 135 MB/s

IDN-User, 1 month ago.

52GB free

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 353 353 359 270 17 MB/s

70.2% Very good

Write 359

Mixed 351

SusWrite 284

83% 370 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 88.3

4K Mixed 5.2

94% 40 MB/s

DQ Read 131

DQ Write 218

DQ Mixed 7.1

52% 118 MB/s

IDN-User, 2 months ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS1A25E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 320 45 53 55 63 MB/s

65.8% Good

Write 389

Mixed 360

SusWrite 132

76% 341 MB/s

4K Read 34.2

4K Write 63.7

4K Mixed 12.1

101% 36.7 MB/s

DQ Read 195

DQ Write 246

DQ Mixed 16.9

69% 152 MB/s

IND-User, 1 day ago.

157GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227N

SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 222 294 348 348 113 MB/s

64.7% Good

Write 364

Mixed 317

SusWrite 272

77% 341 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 67.5

4K Mixed 8.2

78% 32.3 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 16.2

69% 151 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0915A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 86 24 16 36 36 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 367

Mixed 376

SusWrite 78.7

72% 324 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 70.3

4K Mixed 18.6

103% 38.8 MB/s

DQ Read 65.4

DQ Write 311

DQ Mixed 28.3

68% 135 MB/s

IDN-User, 2 months ago.

72GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 80 4 9.1 15 20 MB/s

55% Above average

Write 366

Mixed 309

SusWrite 61.9

64% 287 MB/s

4K Read 33

4K Write 60.9

4K Mixed 11.1

96% 35 MB/s

DQ Read 130

DQ Write 205

DQ Mixed 15.4

54% 117 MB/s

IDN-User, 3 months ago.

88GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 232 234 266 196 23 MB/s

44.2% Average

Write 232

Mixed 255

SusWrite 188

56% 248 MB/s

4K Read 11.1

4K Write 38.1

4K Mixed 7.3

46% 18.8 MB/s

DQ Read 131

DQ Write 171

DQ Mixed 14.3

49% 105 MB/s

IND-User, 1 month ago.

103GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0506A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 21 30 34 30 15 MB/s

32.8% Below average

Write 394

Mixed 223

SusWrite 31.5

64% 287 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 5.8

4K Mixed 0.8

41% 10.2 MB/s

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
SL500 250GBColorfulBench 68%, 190 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $497

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Colorful

SL500 250GB

Average Bench: 67.9% (699^th of 1072)

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SL500 250GB

Average Bench: 67.9% (699th of 1072)

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