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spec me a fast usb stick

Cyber-Mav

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currently the fastest usb drive i got is a kingston kyson 128gb stick

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iv benched it in cdm and got the results below:
Kingston Data Traveller Kyson 128GB

[Read]
SEQ 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 241.994 MB/s [ 230.8 IOPS] < 34482.13 us>
SEQ 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 240.719 MB/s [ 229.6 IOPS] < 4352.79 us>
RND 4KiB (Q= 32, T= 1): 14.597 MB/s [ 3563.7 IOPS] < 8967.39 us>
RND 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 14.107 MB/s [ 3444.1 IOPS] < 290.17 us>

[Write]
SEQ 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 37.446 MB/s [ 35.7 IOPS] <221935.02 us>
SEQ 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 116.590 MB/s [ 111.2 IOPS] < 8716.90 us>
RND 4KiB (Q= 32, T= 1): 0.792 MB/s [ 193.4 IOPS] <141118.24 us>
RND 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 0.650 MB/s [ 158.7 IOPS] < 6151.92 us>

Profile: Default
Test: 1 GiB (x1) [H: 0% (0/115GiB)]

i dont want a bulky nvme enclosure thingy so something the same size or smaller would be ideal but needs more speed in read and write especially random 4k
what are my options? 128gb capacity would be fine
 
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Kingston DataTraveler Max?

A small USB NVMe SSD is a much better solution but. A good portable SSD can deliver tens of thousands of 4K IOPS rather than the few thousand typical of flash drives.
 
Philtor said:
Kingston DataTraveler Max?

A small USB NVMe SSD is a much better solution but. A good portable SSD can deliver tens of thousands of 4K IOPS rather than the few thousand typical of flash drives.
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i got few nvme drives in usb enclosures but i need a small one for keychain attachment.
 
Armageus said:
Usb c to 2230 NVME enclosure, and then pick your favourite brand of 2230 NVME (same as used in Steam Deck etc)
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The only problem with doing that is you might run into heat issues which might throttle the drive. At least if you buy one already assembled it should be fine heat wise.
 
Armageus said:
Usb c to 2230 NVME enclosure, and then pick your favourite brand of 2230 NVME (same as used in Steam Deck etc)
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+1 to this. Just be concious of cooling, both in the design of the enclosure and in general use. If I want to perform a very large read or write with mine I have to hang mine over the front of my PC so it gets a breeze, otherwise it throttles.
Edit - wow, @nlel1975 mind meld

I've also been using a Kingston DataTraveler Max 512GB which has impressed me. I use it as an alternative C drive with Windows 11 for playing a number of Steam games and performance is great.
I paid £49 for it in July 2024 - it's now £104 :(
 
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nlel1975 said:
The only problem with doing that is you might run into heat issues which might throttle the drive. At least if you buy one already assembled it should be fine heat wise.
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I'd rather take my luck with a throttling drive rather than whatever Z grade NAND is in any Fanxiang drives.



In general though the whole flash memory market is a mess. Don't even bother wasting your time trying to find small capacity USB flash drives - I've tried quite a few recently at work, and write speeds are abysmal
 
nlel1975 said:
Here's a real world write speed test of the Fanxiang FF951 drive, transferring a file to it from an internal NVMe drive.

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Absolutely not doubting the speed.

However having read numerous reviews on Amazon and elsewhere, regarding longevity (or lack thereof) and also some of their down right dodgy practices (faking temperature sensor readings?) https://www.servethehome.com/fanxiang-s770-2tb-pcie-gen4-ssd-review/ they aren't a brand I would be trusting with my data.
 
Found this laying about in my box. 1TB in size, not upgradable. Paid Ali about £50 for this during pre-hardware pandemic times

Oh, forgot to add it's RGB too lol

KingSpec Z5-1TB

Read

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Write
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How much can I sell it for now ? :cry:
 
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The heat these things generate is alarming. I have a nvme inside a sabrent enclosure and it gets mad hot even at 500MBps after a few minutes.

A quick searches they are healthy up to around 70 degrees C and will throttle themselves if they get too hot and shut down completely if needed as they have temperature sensors in the nvme controller.
 
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