When I had my CBR600 I used to use both Metzler and Continental.
In the winter, for the wet weather, I always used Metzler and in the Summer, for the drier weather, I used Continental. This combination was really excellent and the bike held the road like the proverbial on a blanket. I'm sorry but I can't remember the actual "model" of the tyres, basically they were the sizes that fit the bike.
Tyre choice, IMHO, comes down to want you want. High grip levels v longevity. As a basic rule of thumb, the higher the grip level the lower the longevity. You pays your money and takes your choice!
Erm... I used to get about 4,000 miles out of a rear tyre and 6,000 out of a front tyre but, then, I wanted high levels of grip. I still do now but I also want a longer lasting tyre.
Someone mentioned about the UK "Bike" magazine tests. Although these may be useful, please remember that the construction of the road surface, in different parts of the world, is not the same. They have to take into account temperatures maxima and minima, rainfall, temperature variation etc. For example the road surfaces in France and brilliant in the dry but much worse than the UK in the wet. So what may suit the UK may not suit the US or the rest of the world.
I was told at one point, but this may be an urban legend, that the tyre compound in the US is different to the UK. The theory was, in the UK, the road played a larger part in gripping the tyre and in the US, this in not the case.