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USB Flash Drive Roundup - 10/2005

 by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 4, 2005 11:28 AM EST
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256KB File Write Performance

The performance of the top tier drives jumps from 1 or 2MB/s up to 9.5MB/s in the case of Corsair's Flash Voyager, 10.8MB/s for the Cruzer Titanium, 11.8MB/s for the Lexar drive and 12.2MB/s in the case of Kingston's DataTraveler Elite.

256KB File Write Performance

The majority of the drives, however, are stuck below 3MB/s, which is pretty dismal for write performance when you take into account that the Kingston Elite drive can write these files over 4 times faster.

2MB File Write Performance

With larger files, some of the poorer performing drives finally break past the 3MB/s barrier, but for the most part, these drives stay below 10MB/s in write speed.

2MB File Write Performance

64MB File Write Performance

64MB File Write Performance

For our final performance test, Memina turns up the pressure and manages to equal Lexar and Kingston in performance at 15.3MB/s.

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  • sxr7171 - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    Time to get a Lexar JumpDrive lightning. This may not be important to a lot of people, but a USB drive IMHO needs to have a loop for a keyring. It is the most convenient way to carry the thing and always have it with you no matter what. I guess this applies more to people living in the city and not needing a car and the big bulky car keys/remote that come with that.

  • TheInvincibleMustard - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    Speaking of, is there some reason the Lexar isn't on the RTPE? I mean, it did just win an Editor's Choice and all, so you'd hope it would be one of the drives listed in the newly-announced Flash Storage section ... :(

    -TIM

  • Pete84 - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    Bummer, OCZ's dual channel USB stick didn't get in.

  • jkostans - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    Someone didn't read the article......

  • SpaceRanger - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    Are USB drives able to be made Bootable?? I know that systems can recognize USB Floppy Drives, and boot from those, but I was wondering if you could take a USB Flash Drive and make it a bootable device.

  • Phantronius - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    depending on the flash drive and the motherboard BIOS, yes you can do it.

  • Phantronius - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    1st!!!

    I love my OEM made from some pretty lady in china USB 2.0 stick, its saved my ass so many times for my work, especially in data reterival and spyware removal.

  • Souka - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    I've had the Memina Rocket for a couple months now....before they even announced it (thanks to NewEgg)....write spead defintly kinda bite with small files especially, but usually I put drivers and stuff there once, then read mutliple times....so its a good match for me.

    PQI's I got over a year ago, and completely made everyone jealous.... for once, mem were bragging theirs is smaller than someone else's. :D

    I still use a SanDisk Titanium.....only a 512mb module, but still works well.



  • Souka - Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - link

    oopsss...typo

    meant to say...

    PQI's I got over a year ago for my office, and completely made everyone jealous.... for once, men were bragging theirs was smaller!! :D
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