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    Please post your HD Tune Score (USB Flash Drive Only)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hendra, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    I want to do a survey on the speed of various USB Flash Drive. Please post the Brand Name and Model Number if you can. If you can't post a picture, that's OK. Just post the Brand Name, Model Number if you can, Capacity, Average Transfer Rate and Access Time.
    OK, start with me
    Corsair Voyager Flash Drive (4GB)
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    A-Data My Flash (4GB)
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    hendra, Jan 14, 2008
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  2. TonyZ

    TonyZ Notebook Evangelist

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    ADVENT Slider 2GB
    Costed £16.99 (GBP)
    heres the screenshot

    CPU usage high probably because im using a 6 year old desktop
    P4 3.06GHz 533MHz FSB
    1GB pc2700 ram at 333MHz
     

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  3. jedisolo

    jedisolo Notebook Deity

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    Here's my Corsair Flash Survivor 32 GB.
     
    jedisolo, Jan 14, 2008
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  4. TonyZ

    TonyZ Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok redone it on my laptop, same memory stick
    heres the picture...

    After seeing the sudden improvement of write speed, i believe it is also hardware based.
    Laptop - C2D T7500 2.2GHz, 2GB RAM at 667MHz
     

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    TonyZ, Jan 16, 2008
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    SanDisk Cruzer Mini 1GB.

    D830, specs in sig.

    7MB/s ftw.
     

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  6. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I have a Corsair Flash Voyager GT 2GB
    Here is the hdtune
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    Here is the Flash Memory Toolkit Benchmarks
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    I just ordered a 4Gb Flash Voyager GT, and I will post benchs when I get it. Hopefully they are the same as Hendras 4Gb GT.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jan 16, 2008
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  7. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Mine was bottlenecked by the usb port last time I checked it I belive.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jan 17, 2008
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  8. Soulburner

    Soulburner Notebook Evangelist

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    Sadly, that is the truth. For that sole reason they will always be slower than a HDD.

    The only thing that is superior, is access time, but that is barely enough to make it worth it. If you have 2GB of RAM already installed, it's near useless.

    If you have only 1GB of RAM and are using Vista, you will benefit from one of the faster flash drives, like the ones showing 20-30MB/s above.
     
    Soulburner, Jan 17, 2008
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  9. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I just got my 4GB Corsair Flash Voyager GT in the mail today, and to my surprise, the drive was slower than I expected. I saw how hendra's 4Gb Gt did, and mine was like 75% of its speed. Maybe the USB on my E1505 cant handle more than 20Mb/sec. I have to say that it does run near identical to the speed of my 2GB corair GT, which was also tested with my E1505.

    Here are the results:
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    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jan 29, 2008
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  10. xcorat

    xcorat Newbie

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  11. Brian@EWIZ

    Brian@EWIZ Company Representative

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    Supertalent PICO-C 8GB
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    Supertalent PICO-B 8GB
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    Supertalent PICO-A 8GB
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    Supertalent STD 4GB
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    Brian@EWIZ, May 19, 2008
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  12. eva2000

    eva2000 Notebook Guru

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    2x 2GB Corsair Voyager USB2 - managed to nab these from old stock at local retailer when they're still the old SLC before they moved them to Voyager GT range and used MLCs heh. These are old results http://i4memory.com/f9/2gb-corsair-voyager-usb-drives-hidden-gems-5181/

    but reposting here :)

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    Serial numbers on both were 1000s apart and even packaging was different (older vs new) but performance was similar and no where near 19MB/s listed :D
     
    eva2000, May 23, 2008
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