Storage Solutions USB Flash Drive - Benchmark thread

[babhishek]

WD My Passport Ultra 2TB USB 3.0
Tested in Thinkpad T430

Price: Rs.7800 ( 8299 less 6%)
http://www.ebay.in/itm/Western-Digi...0-Portable-Hard-Drive-USB-Power-/291051282899

i have the same hard drive.... might run some tests soon!

 

[vyral_143]

Model: Sandisk Extreme 16GB USB 3.0

Format: FAT32

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0

Price: Rs. 1263 (from snapdeal.com)

 

[Chaos]

Model: Sandisk Extreme 32GB USB3.0
Format: NTFS
Motherboard: Laptop - Asus G56JR
Price: ~1900 (Amazon.in)

[DOUBLEPOST=1411658093][/DOUBLEPOST]Model: Sandisk Ultra 32GB USB3.0
Format: NTFS
Motherboard: Laptop - Asus G56JR
Price: ~450 (Amazon.in)

 

[PoBoy]

Got this for USD 35 / INR 2200 approx (on sale) : SanDisk Extreme CZ80 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Transfer Speeds Up To 245MB/s- SDCZ80-064G-GAM46
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KT7DOSE/ref=pe_385040_30332200_TE_item

Haswell + Z87
NTFS formatted UFD

Windows 7 SP1 64 bit :

Windows 8.1 PE 64 bit :

Results vary widely depending on OS/driver.

Also Crystal Disk Mark gives inconsistent results (same W7 as above):

HDTune W7 :

EDIT :
Slightly more real world test :
Copied Win 7 SP1 64 bit installer files : 874 files, 199 folders, 3,199,047,909 bytes from WD Blue HDD to SanDisk Extreme ^ in 37 secs approx.

 

[tejo]

Model: Sandisk Ultra 32GB USB3.0
Format: NTFS
Motherboard: Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Price: 924 (Amazon.in)

 

[Crazy_Eddy]

Model: PNY M1 Attache 8GB / USB 2.0
Format: FAT32
Motherboard: Asus H97 Plus
Price: Rs. 199 (Amazon.in)

Not too shabby. Was looking for a slim USB port sized drive. Does appear to be a wee bit faster than similar slim drives like the Sandisk Cruzer Force.

 

[PoBoy]

Samsung EVO+ 32GB microSD card & Kingston Mobilelite G4 USB 3 Card Reader
- both from Flipkart.

Intel Core i3-4130 + GIGABYTE Z87MX-D3H + Windows 7 SP1 x64 (updated)
Intel(R)_USB_3.0_eXtensible_Host_Controller_Driver_3.0.5.69

microSD card was left factory formatted (FAT32)

CRYSTALDISKMARK 5.0.2 X64:

REAL WORLD TEST, ROBOCOPIED WINDOWS 7 INSTALLER FILES FROM HARD DISK TO MICROSD CARD :

..........Total........Copied
Dirs. : 201..........201
Files : 873..........873
Bytes : 2.283 G......2.283 G
Times : 0:02:12......0:02:09

Speed : 18928713 Bytes/sec.
Speed : 1083.109 MegaBytes/min ( 18.05 MB/sec )