Hardware Secrets
Home | Camera | Case | CE | Cooling | CPU | Input | Memory | Mobile | Motherboard | Networking | Power | Storage | Video | Other
Content
Articles
First Look
Gabriel's Blog
News
Reviews
Tutorials
Main Menu
About Us
Awarded Products
Compare Prices
Datasheets
Dictionary
Download
Drivers
Forums
Links
Manufacturer Finder
Newsletter
On The Web
RSS Feed
Test Your Skills
Twitter
Newsletter
Subscribe today!
Search




Recommended
Upgrading and Repairing PCs (18th Edition)
Upgrading and Repairing PCs (18th Edition), by Scott Mueller (Que), starting at $35.85
Home » Memory
USB Flash Drive Roundup – May 2006
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: May 3, 2006
Page: 3 of 5
$ Check REAL-TIME pricing for Corsair Flash Voyager USB 2.0 Drives 8GB Hi-Speed Model CMFUSB2.0-8GB. Retail Box Box. $.
Directron: $24.99 Wal-Mart: $29.00
Newegg: $24.99 Amazon: $23.70

Results: HD Tach 3

On HD Tach we could measure two parameters: the average read speed, listed in megabytes per second (the higher, the better), and access time, listed in milliseconds (the lower, the better).

USB Flash Drive Roundup

David 100 from Geil was the fastest USB flash drive in our roundup. On HD Tach 3 it was 7.87% faster than OCZ Rally 512 MB, 22.55% faster than OCZ Rally 2 GB, 50.00% faster than Corsair Flash Voyager 512 MB, 95.92% faster than Kingston DataTraveller U3 Smart 1 GB and 150.43% faster than Kingston DataTraveller Elite 2 GB. Really impressive. It was a pity that Kingmax Super Stick got very low results.

USB Flash Drive Roundup

Access time measures the time the time the computer spends accessing the device before starting transferring data. The lower this value, the better, i.e. the fastest the device is.

Kingston DataTraveller U3 Smart 1 GB and Geil David 100 256 MB achieved the best results here, only 0.4 ms. Kingston DataTraveller 2.0 512 MB and Kingston DataTraveller Elite 2 GB had also achieved a terrific result, with 0.5 ms, and OCZ Rally 512 MB was also great with 0.6 ms. The problem here was Super Stick from Kingmax, with a lousy 68.9 ms access time. We repeated this test three times, with the same results. Ouch.

Pages (5): « 1 2 [3] 4 5 »
Print Version | Send to Friend | | Bookmark Article | Comments (0)

Related Content
  • USB Drive Roundup
  • Honeywell Airlite 700 Wireless Bluetooth Headset Review
  • 250 GB Hard Disk Drive Round-Up
  • 320 GB Hard Disk Drive Round-Up
  • 500 GB Hard Disk Drive Round-Up

  • Recommended Deal.
    XMS2 1024MB 1GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHzCorsair XMS2 1024MB PC6400 DDR2 800Mhz Dual Channel Memory CM2X1024-6400


    TigerDirect: $34.99 Buy.com: $36.02
    Newegg: $29.99 CircuitCity: $34.99

    RSSLatest News
    IN WIN LAN Party in Southern California
    November 20, 2009 - 12:37 PM PST
    Patriot Announces PS-100 SSD Series
    November 19, 2009 - 7:30 AM PST
    Antec Launches TPQ-1200 PSU
    November 18, 2009 - 11:30 AM PST
    AMD/ATI Launches Radeon HD 5970
    November 18, 2009 - 10:18 AM PST
    OCZ Launches Colossus SSD Series
    November 17, 2009 - 1:39 PM PST
    NZXT Unleashes Tempest EVO Mid-Tower Case
    November 17, 2009 - 1:06 PM PST
    nVidia Launches GeForce GT 240
    November 17, 2009 - 10:18 AM PST
    Arctic Cooling Announces Accelero TWIN TURBO PRO VGA Cooler
    November 16, 2009 - 11:46 AM PST
    PowerColor Announces PLAY! HD5770 Video Card
    November 13, 2009 - 12:51 PM PST
    G.Skill Announces Falcon II SSD Series
    November 11, 2009 - 3:31 PM PST
    .:: More News ::.

    RSSLatest Content
    Ultra X4 500 W Power Supply Review
    Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review
    Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Review
    AMD ATI Chips Comparison Table
    nVidia Chips Comparison Table
    Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard
    Netflix on Playstation 3 Review
    CM Storm Sentinel Advance Mouse Review
    Titan Skalli CPU Cooler Review
    Nexus RX-6300 630 W Power Supply Review
    Gigabyte P55-UD6 Motherboard
    Nintendo Wii Review
    SilverStone Grandia GD04 Case Review
    Can We Trust the 80 Plus Certification?
    NZXT Gamma Case Review

    Our Most Popular Articles
    Maximum CPU Temperature
    1,078,675 views
    How to Find Out Your Motherboard Manufacturer and Model
    706,706 views
    nVidia Chips Comparison Table
    679,464 views
    Connecting Two PCs Using a USB-USB Cable
    593,774 views
    How To Correctly Apply Thermal Grease
    562,772 views
    AMD ATI Chips Comparison Table
    560,373 views
    ATI Radeon X1300 Pro Review
    488,024 views
    ATI Radeon X1600 XT Review
    477,180 views
    How To Perform a BIOS Upgrade
    394,737 views
    Sempron vs. Athlon XP
    338,601 views

    Latest Threads in Our Forums
    Dell Inspiron 6000 Powers but will not boot...
    by Merman
    Ultra X4 500 W Power Supply Review
    by Merman
    IN WIN LAN Party in Southern California
    by Hardware Secrets Team
    Getting A Hard Copy
    by Trevorrross
    Am I Making The Right Choice?
    by need2know
    Is it available to mount the Zalman cooler?
    by Olle P
    dsl modem prob
    by Sherry
    Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review
    by Hardware Secrets Team
    Overclocking a dell xps 410
    by 6dracing
    How to recover mp3's, pdf & chm files, applications from formated harddrive partition
    by tomahawk 1705
    .:: Visit Our Forums ::.


    © 2004-9, Hardware Secrets, LLC. All rights reserved.
    Advertising | Legal Information | Privacy Policy
    All times are Pacific Standard Time (PST, GMT -08:00)