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All USB 3.0 Thumb Drives 2013
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Our new thumb drive charts include many current products based on USB 3.0 interfaces and offering up to 128 GB capacity. Since performance can vary considerably, you can look at CrystalDiskMark, IOMeter, AS SSD and real life test results to check out whether a drive is a performer or a lame duck. We test on a Z77 system and Windows 8 to have full UASP support (USB Attached SCSI), as this feature is necessary to unleash maximum performance.
[01] CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64
Sequential Read [MB/s] (Test : 1000 MB, Repetition: 5x)
[02] CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64
Sequential Write [MB/s] (Test : 1000 MB, Repetition: 5x)
[03] CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64
Random Read, 512 KB [MB/s] (Test : 1000 MB, Repetition: 5x)
[04] CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64
Random Write, 512 KB [MB/s] (Test : 1000 MB, Repetition: 5x)
[05] CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64
Random Read, 4 KB (QD=1) [MB/s] (Test : 1000 MB, Repetition: 5x)
[06] CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64
Random Write, 4 KB (QD=1) [MB/s] (Test : 1000 MB, Repetition: 5x)
[07] CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64
Random Read, 4 KB (QD=32) [MB/s] (Test : 1000 MB, Repetition: 5x)
[08] CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64
Random Write, 4 KB (QD=32) [MB/s] (Test : 1000 MB, Repetition: 5x)
[09] Copy Benchmark Images Write
Write 790 Files with 2GB (Average throughput [MB/s])
[10] Copy Benchmark Images Read
Read 790 Files with 2GB (Average throughput [MB/s])
[11] Copy Benchmark MP3s Write
Write 356 Files with 2GB (Average throughput [MB/s])
[12] Copy Benchmark MP3s Read
Read 356 Files with 2GB (Average throughput [MB/s])
[13] Copy Benchmark Small Files Write
Write 22,704 Files with 2GB (Average throughput [MB/s])
[14] Copy Benchmark Small Files Read
Read 22,704 Files with 2GB (Average throughput [MB/s])
[15] AS-SSD ISO Copy Benchmark
[MB/s]
[16] AS-SSD Program Copy Benchmark
[MB/s]
[17] AS-SSD Game Copy Benchmark
[MB/s]
[18] Performance Index
35% Throughput - 35% Real World - 15% AS SSD - 15% Small Writes