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Colorful SL500 480GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
29 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (85th percentile) 85th
Cons
- Below average speed (15th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average capacity (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Colorful SL500 | Crucial T500 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP700ENH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorful SL500 | 15.1 | 22.4 | 53.7 | 22.9 | 42.2 | 49.5 | 85 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91 | 96.3 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 82.9 | 95 | 57.6 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.8 | 80.8 | 93.6 | 54.9 | 98.7 | 95 | 44.4 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72 | 90.2 | 78.8 | 78.4 | 82.9 | 95 | 56.9 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 85.3 | 92.9 | 89 | 54.9 | 88 | 95 | 50.2 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP700ENH Compare | 94.9 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 87.3 | 95 | 44.4 |
Price
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