Kingston DataTraveler Max 1TB Flash Drive Review

In our throughput test, reads peaked at 984.51MB/s (4MB block) before slipping back to finish the test at 951.93MB/s. Writes peaked later (8MB block) at 984.51MB/s before finishing the test run at 943.02MB/s.

The Kingston DataTraveler Max peaked in read throughput test at 984.51MB/s (4MB block), just shy of the official maximum of 1,000MB/s. However, that figure may be just short of the official maximum but makes the drive the fastest USB 3.2 Gen2 drive we've tested to date.

In our write throughput test, the drive peaked at 944.46MB/s which is 44MB/s faster than the official maximum. As with the read performance, that figure makes the drive the fastest USB 3.2 Gen2 drive we've tested to date.

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