31 USB 3.0 Thumb Drives, Tested And Reviewed
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Page 1:31 USB 3.0 Thumb Drives, Rounded-Up
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Page 2:Results: Sequential Read And Write Performance
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Page 3:Results: 4 KB Random Read And Write Performance
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Page 4:Results: 512 KB Random Read And Write Performance
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Page 5:Results: Copying Small Files
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Page 6:Results: AS SSD Copy Benchmark
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Page 7:The Winner: SanDisk Extreme
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Page 8:Some Of The Other Fast USB 3.0 Thumb Drives
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Page 9:The Toughest USB 3.0 Thumb Drives
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Page 10:USB 3.0 Thumb Drives With Special Functionality
Results: 4 KB Random Read And Write Performance
All of the USB 3.0 thumb drives finish relatively close to each other in our 4 KB random read and write performance benchmarks, regardless of queue depth.
One exception is SanDisk's Extreme, which posts 4 KB random write numbers in excess of the competition. Aside from Toshiba's TransMemory-EX and Patriot's Supersonic Magnum, the other drives fall apart in this benchmark. The Toshiba TransMemory-EX places second, but it's four times slower than SanDisk's offering. Still, it fares much better than most of the competition. Crazily, the drives in tenth place and below are more than 100 times slower than the winner.
Summary
- 31 USB 3.0 Thumb Drives, Rounded-Up
- Results: Sequential Read And Write Performance
- Results: 4 KB Random Read And Write Performance
- Results: 512 KB Random Read And Write Performance
- Results: Copying Small Files
- Results: AS SSD Copy Benchmark
- The Winner: SanDisk Extreme
- Some Of The Other Fast USB 3.0 Thumb Drives
- The Toughest USB 3.0 Thumb Drives
- USB 3.0 Thumb Drives With Special Functionality