Colorful

SL500 1TB

SL500 1TB
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Effective Speed -17%Effective Speed -17%Average Score -14%Read -0%, Write -5%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -66%, SusWrite -2%Peak Score +1% Read 1%, Write -3%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite 17%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -66%DQ Read 3%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed -155%, ADQ Read -61%, ADQ Write -1%, ADQ Mixed -363%, Age 49%, AS-SSD Total 0%

Average Bench: 83.8% (422^nd of 1072)

Based on 195 user benchmarks. Model: Colorful SL500 1TB

Poor: 43%Average: 83.8% Great: 123%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Colorful SL500 1TB averaged just 16.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Colorful SL500 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 86MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.9MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Colorful SL500 1TB is 79.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Colorful SL500 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 290MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 203MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 195 samples)

Rank 42283.8%

Min	Avg	Max
352	Read 457	512
238	Write 387	471
148	Mixed 345	414
30.7	SusWrite 290	454
83% 370 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.4	4K Read 28.9	40
20.5	4K Write 86	121
0.7	4K Mixed 27.1	57.7
124% 47.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
98.2	DQ Read 203	379
90.1	DQ Write 285	352
0.7	DQ Mixed 56.2	130
95% 181 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 6 days ago.

333GB free

Firmware: Q0727A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 478 439 436 440 438 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 479

Mixed 404

SusWrite 452

104% 463 MB/s

4K Read 40

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 58.5

197% 71.3 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 363

DQ Mixed 122

159% 285 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 months ago.

624GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP2818D8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 432 436 205 346 361 MB/s

84.3% Excellent

Write 434

Mixed 334

SusWrite 369

89% 394 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 10.3

122% 53.3 MB/s

DQ Read 214

DQ Write 239

DQ Mixed 14

69% 155 MB/s

THA-User, 3 months ago.

390GB free

Firmware: HP2818D8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 443 426 333 94 132 MB/s

83% Excellent

Write 439

Mixed 344

SusWrite 313

87% 385 MB/s

4K Read 35.5

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 10.4

128% 53.6 MB/s

DQ Read 216

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 13.6

72% 161 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 months ago.

458GB free

Firmware: HP2818D8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 445 459 361 74 149 MB/s

81% Excellent

Write 471

Mixed 377

SusWrite 325

93% 414 MB/s

4K Read 19.2

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 11.9

109% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 216

DQ Write 281

DQ Mixed 13.7

76% 170 MB/s

PHL-User, 1 month ago.

486GB free

Firmware: HT3618B7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 404 405 406 237 18 MB/s

69.9% Good

Write 436

Mixed 388

SusWrite 312

90% 402 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 47.5

4K Mixed 11.8

74% 27.2 MB/s

DQ Read 211

DQ Write 257

DQ Mixed 16.7

73% 162 MB/s

THA-User, 2 months ago.

584GB free

Firmware: HT3414B2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 237 207 209 220 228 MB/s

68.4% Good

Write 325

Mixed 277

SusWrite 235

71% 316 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 2.1

99% 43.9 MB/s

DQ Read 201

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 2.1

65% 154 MB/s

MYS-User, 1 month ago.

519GB free

Firmware: Q0526A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 68 133 60 101 61 MB/s

57.1% Above average

Write 57.2

Mixed 197

SusWrite 81

45% 206 MB/s

4K Read 30.2

4K Write 7.4

4K Mixed 39.2

100% 25.6 MB/s

PHL-User, 1 month ago.

288GB free

Firmware: HP2B03A3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 245 280 270 280 327 MB/s

48.5% Average

Write 387

Mixed 236

SusWrite 273

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 2.3

4K Write 55.2

4K Mixed 2.6

36% 20 MB/s

DQ Read 42.3

DQ Write 225

DQ Mixed 3.2

41% 90.2 MB/s

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 22%

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,018x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	955x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	905x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	485x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	457x

SSD
SL500 1TBColorfulBench 84%, 195 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,363x
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 $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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Average Bench: 83.8% (422^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 83.8% (422nd of 1072)

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