USB 3.0 Crystal Disk Mark

megatron · 2 Apr 2015 at 14:55

Testing my new Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0( a keystick or flashdrive if you like ): http://www.sandisk.co.uk/products/usb/drives/extreme/

I've run a few tests with crystal disk mark.

This is the first test I did while I had the official Gigabyte USB 3.0 drivers installed.

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Then I installed https://downloadcenter.intel.com/do...Intel-8-9-Series-and-C220-C610-Chipset-Family
and tested again (Driver for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets#LGA_1150 and up)

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For comparison this is my old USB 2.0 Pico drive on a USB 3.0 port.

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I'd be interested in the results of other people's USB drives. I bought this USB so I could have a fast install media to install windows. I use nLite and this new driver integrated into the boot.wim should make the install even faster than it was this time (about 20min vs well over an hour for old usb)

Also if you test enable (smart enable) XHCI in bios.

ED209 · 2 Apr 2015 at 15:58

the second set of results seem about right fir USB 3 external hard drives.

I have a 3TB Seagate external drive and i think when copying stuff from the drive to my SSD i get around 120mb depending on what i am copying over.

i use a USB 2 stick to install windows from and it never takes me any longer than 20 mins and that's using a USB 2 port.

megatron · 2 Apr 2015 at 18:16

The Sandisk Extreme IS a USB keystick not an external HD (edited my post to make it clear) and I install an nLited OS with all updates and drivers which cannot fit on a DVD single sided. My ISO on the USB Sandisk Extreme is 5.29Gb.

Post your USB bench and then we can discuss it further.

ED209 · 3 Apr 2015 at 15:10

well here is my external HDD using sata 3 port

here is my USB 2 stick using a USB 2 port - sandisk stick I install windows from

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 3 Apr 2015 at 15:47

I purchased the 64Gb version of Sandisk Extreme last year and even on my old X58a board with an early implementation of USB 3.0 it works really well

I'm running the tech preview of Windows 10 with the built in drivers:

ED209 · 3 Apr 2015 at 16:15

I am using a x58 board as well

dacads · 3 Apr 2015 at 17:00

cool thread, here's my bench using a Kingston DataTraveler 32GB USB 3.0 R30 G2 Flash Drive

** No thanks **

megatron · 5 Apr 2015 at 00:55

I saw there was a difference in write speed between the 32 and 64Gb versions, almost twice as fast.

Here is the Sandisk Extreme 3.0 flash drive on USB 2.0 port:

CrystalDiskMark%20Extreme%203.0%20-%203.0.4.65%20On%20USB%202.0%20port.jpg

megatron · 7 Apr 2015 at 12:37

This is what influenced my purchase decision:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/usb-3.0-thumb-drive-review,3477.html

on this site:
http://usbspeed.nirsoft.net/?o=7&g=32gb
The results above 60MB/s are not published. I sent feedback about needing to have USB 3.0, XHCI (USB 3.0 controller), and the lastest Intel eXtensible drivers to get full performance. Hopefully the Author will change his submissions process.