Colorful

SL500 256GB

SL500 256GB
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Effective Speed -52%Effective Speed -52%Average Score -49%Read -5%, Write -30%, 4K Read -29%, 4K Write -30%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -124%, SusWrite -88%Peak Score -12%Read -0%, Write -13%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite 2%Value & Sentiment -873%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,733%Nice To Haves -87%DQ Read -48%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -69%, ADQ Read -122%, ADQ Write -38%, ADQ Mixed -408%, Age 23%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 64.8% (742^nd of 1072)

Based on 1,071 user benchmarks. Model: Colorful SL500 256GB

Poor: 32%Average: 64.8% Great: 92%

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Above average average bench

The Colorful SL500 256GB averaged 35.1% 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 26.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 67.6MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Colorful SL500 256GB is 60.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Colorful SL500 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 158MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 147MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,071 samples)

Rank 74264.8%

Min	Avg	Max
295	Read 434	506
32	Write 312	431
20.9	Mixed 267	395
23.5	SusWrite 158	394
65.2% 293 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.4	4K Read 26.6	38.5
9.2	4K Write 67.6	109
0.3	4K Mixed 20.1	41.9
102% 38.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
66.9	DQ Read 147	248
15.4	DQ Write 210	323
0.4	DQ Mixed 51.2	196
74.4% 136 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

GEO-User, 12 days ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HT3618C4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 434 448 446 445 437 MB/s

85.9% Excellent

Write 451

Mixed 382

SusWrite 440

98% 433 MB/s

4K Read 31.8

4K Write 88.9

4K Mixed 10.8

109% 43.8 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 13.8

70% 154 MB/s

VNM-User, 13 days ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2818b

SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 286 323 324 214 20 MB/s

79.5% Very good

Write 326

Mixed 336

SusWrite 246

78% 349 MB/s

4K Read 44.9

4K Write 98.5

4K Mixed 11.3

135% 51.6 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 13.2

54% 116 MB/s

PHL-User, 19 days ago.

112GB free

Firmware: HT3618B6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 445 444 415 85 61 MB/s

74.5% Very good

Write 457

Mixed 257

SusWrite 317

83% 372 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 75.3

4K Mixed 9.6

93% 37.3 MB/s

DQ Read 187

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 16.5

75% 165 MB/s

KAZ-User, 19 days ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V4.9

SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 169 198 201 201 202 MB/s

73% Very good

Write 382

Mixed 336

SusWrite 200

76% 337 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 69.5

4K Mixed 22.7

115% 41.6 MB/s

DQ Read 196

DQ Write 226

DQ Mixed 36.8

76% 153 MB/s

MYS-User, 16 days ago.

95GB free

Firmware: S1022A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 61 59 62 56 56 MB/s

64.4% Good

Write 376

Mixed 386

SusWrite 92.7

75% 335 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 69.1

4K Mixed 23.6

102% 38.7 MB/s

DQ Read 209

DQ Write 173

DQ Mixed 39.6

71% 141 MB/s

ARE-User, 15 days ago.

133GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW200326

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 36 2.3 5.3 33 1.6 MB/s

44.4% Average

Write 378

Mixed 341

SusWrite 13.4

68% 304 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 67

4K Mixed 1.5

83% 32.9 MB/s

DQ Read 86.6

DQ Write 2.6

DQ Mixed 1.7

12% 30.3 MB/s

MYS-User, 16 days ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1128B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 120 9.9 34 4.4 17 MB/s

38.8% Below average

Write 349

Mixed 342

SusWrite 41

68% 309 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 13.7

4K Mixed 0.4

53% 14.6 MB/s

DQ Read 79.9

DQ Write 18

DQ Mixed 0.4

13% 32.8 MB/s

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 22%

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CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,018x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	954x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	904x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	484x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	456x

SSD
SL500 256GBColorfulBench 65%, 1,071 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,361x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	486x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	354x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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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Average Bench: 64.8% (742^nd of 1072)

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