Colorful

SL500 512GB

SL500 512GB
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Effective Speed -37%Effective Speed -37%Average Score -35%Read -3%, Write -11%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -130%, SusWrite -16%Peak Score -8%Read 0%, Write -6%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -45%, SusWrite 12%Value & Sentiment -443%User Rating -14%, Market Share -872%Nice To Haves -73%DQ Read -44%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -47%, ADQ Read -93%, ADQ Write -20%, ADQ Mixed -386%, Age 36%, AS-SSD Total -20%

Average Bench: 71.8% (633^rd of 1072)

Based on 473 user benchmarks. Model: Colorful SL500 512GB

Poor: 35%Average: 71.8% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The Colorful SL500 512GB averaged 28.2% 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 26.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 240MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Colorful SL500 512GB is 67.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Colorful SL500 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 256MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 169MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 473 samples)

Rank 63371.8%

Min	Avg	Max
326	Read 443	508
112	Write 365	456
14.7	Mixed 283	416
41.2	SusWrite 256	434
75.4% 337 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.4	4K Read 26.8	40.6
8.41	4K Write 65.7	115
0.5	4K Mixed 19.6	40.2
100% 37.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
63.6	DQ Read 169	255
9.3	DQ Write 240	332
0.4	DQ Mixed 53.5	225
82.7% 154 MB/s

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

KHM-User, 4 days ago.

431GB free

Firmware: W0714A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 407 400 406 411 414 MB/s

95.1% Outstanding

Write 388

Mixed 384

SusWrite 408

95% 422 MB/s

4K Read 34.3

4K Write 82.3

4K Mixed 28

131% 48.2 MB/s

DQ Read 166

DQ Write 313

DQ Mixed 46.1

90% 175 MB/s

VNM-User, 10 days ago.

426GB free

Firmware: HPS2623C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 406 406 398 393 403 MB/s

80.8% Excellent

Write 358

Mixed 329

SusWrite 394

85% 377 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 90.6

4K Mixed 12

106% 43.6 MB/s

DQ Read 173

DQ Write 261

DQ Mixed 15.9

68% 150 MB/s

MYS-User, 1 month ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2426A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 396 329 88 44 29 MB/s

75.3% Very good

Write 441

Mixed 380

SusWrite 216

84% 375 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 12.5

118% 45.1 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 256

DQ Mixed 16

72% 159 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 days ago.

258GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2704D

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 223 207 230 231 206 MB/s

73.4% Very good

Write 409

Mixed 378

SusWrite 230

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 76

4K Mixed 10.9

107% 40.5 MB/s

DQ Read 170

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 16.1

74% 161 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 66%

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System: Colorful BATTLE-AX B365M-HD PRO

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	17x
Core i3-9100FIntel $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples	5x
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	2x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	7x
GTX 1660Nvidia $143Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	3x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	3x

SSD
SL500 512GBColorfulBench 72%, 473 samples	8x

RAM
iGame DDR4 8G 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 75 samples	8x
MMX16GD432C16U 1x16GBUnknownBench 36%, 3 samples	2x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	1x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $426

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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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