Colorful

SL500 640GB

SL500 640GB
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Effective Speed -57%Effective Speed -57%Average Score -60%Read 2%, Write -5%, 4K Read -55%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -249%, SusWrite -70%Peak Score -30%Read -1%, Write -8%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed -166%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -349%DQ Read -96%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -1,122%, ADQ Read -186%, ADQ Write -14%, ADQ Mixed -1,362%, Age 28%, AS-SSD Total -35%

Average Bench: 62.7% (773^rd of 1072)

Based on 148 user benchmarks. Model: Colorful SL500 640GB

Poor: 28%Average: 62.7% Great: 90%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Colorful SL500 640GB averaged 37.3% 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-64Thread Write Speed 254MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 71.6MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Colorful SL500 640GB is 61.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Colorful SL500 640GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 17.8MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 174MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 148 samples)

Rank 77362.7%

Min	Avg	Max
372	Read 466	502
241	Write 386	451
10	Mixed 301	469
38.6	SusWrite 174	430
74.1% 332 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.2	4K Read 22.2	27.6
2.38	4K Write 71.6	118
0.2	4K Mixed 12.9	21.9
88.1% 35.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.8	DQ Read 114	187
7.4	DQ Write 254	345
0.3	DQ Mixed 17.8	27.1
61.1% 129 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 13 months ago.

186GB free

Firmware: Q1124A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 409 407 429 425 424 MB/s

88.3% Excellent

Write 412

Mixed 359

SusWrite 414

93% 415 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 99.4

4K Mixed 20.5

115% 48 MB/s

DQ Read 110

DQ Write 348

DQ Mixed 24.5

78% 161 MB/s

THA-User, 5 months ago.

250GB free

Firmware: R0327B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 397 401 387 367 404 MB/s

81.5% Excellent

Write 371

Mixed 337

SusWrite 393

90% 400 MB/s

4K Read 21.7

4K Write 71.3

4K Mixed 17.9

94% 37 MB/s

DQ Read 99.2

DQ Write 348

DQ Mixed 24.5

76% 157 MB/s

THA-User, 12 months ago.

596GB free

Firmware: Q1124A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 415 412 412 395 406 MB/s

78.1% Very good

Write 409

Mixed 374

SusWrite 404

94% 420 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 61.4

4K Mixed 19.9

96% 35.4 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 121

DQ Mixed 26.2

44% 85.4 MB/s

VNM-User, 13 months ago.

70GB free

Firmware: Q1124A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 237 12 14 119 8.8 MB/s

73.1% Very good

Write 415

Mixed 345

SusWrite 136

77% 343 MB/s

4K Read 28

4K Write 92.4

4K Mixed 21.2

118% 47.2 MB/s

DQ Read 159

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 25.9

82% 171 MB/s

USA-User, 18 months ago.

165GB free

Firmware: Q1124A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 13 269 233 7.1 8.4 MB/s

58.3% Above average

Write 387

Mixed 336

SusWrite 90.1

71% 320 MB/s

4K Read 23.1

4K Write 71.5

4K Mixed 15.1

92% 36.6 MB/s

DQ Read 99.3

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 0.7

47% 109 MB/s

VNM-User, 17 months ago.

423GB free

Firmware: Q1124A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 106 376 142 7.3 70 MB/s

36.2% Below average

Write 408

Mixed 333

SusWrite 118

71% 319 MB/s

4K Read 21.3

4K Write 8.1

4K Mixed 0.5

37% 9.97 MB/s

DQ Read 103

DQ Write 7.6

DQ Mixed 0.5

14% 37.1 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 74%

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System: Thirdwave XV

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	4x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	3x
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	3x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	2x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	2x

SSD
SL500 640GBColorfulBench 63%, 148 samples	1x

RAM
HP26D4U9D8ME-16X 2x16GBKingstonBench 86%, 2,002 samples	2x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 16ATF4G64AZ-2G6B1 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 16ATF4G64AZ-2G6B1 79GBMicronBench 81%, 3 samples	2x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	2x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $524

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5 years ago.

This drive has very odd behaviour once the SLC cache is exhausted... it will ping-pong between 300MB/s and 0MB/s at 3-6 second intervals when trying to write to it. And if you're trying to access other things simultaneously, good luck, when the drive is stalled no reads are done either. The drive doesn't compact the SLC cache into TLC either, left it on for a entire day (50% filled) and then write more than 10GB to it causes the lag spikes again. This only happens when writing, once the data is written reading is error free.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Colorful

SL500 640GB

Average Bench: 62.7% (773rd of 1072)

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Poor consistency

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System: Thirdwave XV

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Average Bench: 62.7% (773^rd of 1072)