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Effective Speed -330%Effective Speed -330%Average Score -489%Read -213%, Write -726%, 4K Read -108%, 4K Write -103%, Mixed -605%, 4K Mixed -529%, SusWrite -1,137%Peak Score -442%Read -243%, Write -568%, 4K Read -242%, 4K Write -95%, Mixed -470%, 4K Mixed -733%, SusWrite -744%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -342%DQ Read -458%, DQ Write -107%, DQ Mixed -521%, ADQ Read -400%, ADQ Write -182%, ADQ Mixed -567%, Age -245%, AS-SSD Total -255%

Average Bench: 127% (191^st of 1080)

Based on 39 user benchmarks. Model: Colorful CN600S 256GB

Poor: 87%Average: 127% Great: 159%

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Outstanding average bench

The Colorful CN600S 256GB averaged 27.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Colorful CN600S 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 223MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,339MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Colorful CN600S 256GB is 72%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Colorful CN600S 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 256MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 17.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 39 samples)

Rank 191127%

Min	Avg	Max
832	Read 1,339	1,727
17.9	Write 563	961
27.2	Mixed 458	820
85.1	SusWrite 256	542
143% 654 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.3	4K Read 43	56.2
20.2	4K Write 102	195
3.7	4K Mixed 17.6	26.4
142% 54.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
220	DQ Read 343	415
24	DQ Write 446	918
21.1	DQ Mixed 223	337
216% 337 MB/s

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

MYS-User, 14 months ago.

90GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0318B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 290 278 79 109 107 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 853

Mixed 816

SusWrite 185

175% 791 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 77

4K Mixed 9.3

122% 44.1 MB/s

DQ Read 366

DQ Write 64.2

DQ Mixed 272

185% 234 MB/s

ARG-User, 15 months ago.

121GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0318B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 342 341 385 384 344 MB/s

99.2% Outstanding

Write 211

Mixed 401

SusWrite 356

84% 378 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 15

135% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 411

DQ Mixed 271

238% 352 MB/s

MYS-User, 8 months ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0318B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 81 113 78 96 MB/s

94.1% Outstanding

Write 57.4

Mixed 207

SusWrite 86.2

85% 399 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 46.6

4K Mixed 9.3

100% 32.5 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 131

DQ Mixed 83

107% 198 MB/s

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B460M-A R2.0

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Core i5-10400FIntel $85Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	475x
Core i5-10400Intel $123Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	294x
Core i3-10100Intel $88Bench 80%, 24,563 samples	253x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples	382x
RTX 3060Nvidia $256Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	223x
GTX 1650Nvidia $152Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	154x

SSD
CN600S 256GBColorfulBench 127%, 39 samples	1x

RAM
CT8G4DFS8266.M8FD 1x8GBCrucialBench 43%, 3,932 samples	180x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	108x
LD4AU008G-H3200GST 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 1,269 samples	65x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $85

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Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $253	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350

Colorful

CN600S 256GB

Average Bench: 127% (191^st of 1080)

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Average Bench: 127% (191^st of 1080)