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The next stage is to analyse the performance of the drives with some of the best software available online.
Crystalmark is a useful benchmark to measure theoretical performance levels of hard drives and SSD’s. We are using V3.0 x64.
We tested the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator 512GB with both compressible and incompressible data and the results are very positive. We measured around 278MB/s sequential read from the drive and around 180 MB/s sequential read. The results dropped slightly when we enabled the 0x00 ‘compressible' data mode.
Due to the nature of this kind of flash, and via the USB 3.0 interface, 4k and 4k QD32 performance is substantially worse than from a native SSD drive across a SATA connector.
Above, a few comparison results for reference. The Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator 512GB is faster than any other USB 3.0 based Flash drive we have tested.
The ATTO Disk Benchmark performance measurement tool is compatible with Microsoft Windows. Measure your storage systems performance with various transfer sizes and test lengths for reads and writes. Several options are available to customize your performance measurement including queue depth, overlapped I/O and even a comparison mode with the option to run continuously. Use ATTO Disk Benchmark to test any manufacturers RAID controllers, storage controllers, host adapters, hard drives and SSD drives and notice that ATTO products will consistently provide the highest level of performance to your storage.
Results from the ATTO Disk Benchmark weren't quite as impressive, with the write speed peaking at around 110MB/s and the read speed peaking around the 230 MB/s mark. The figures were also slightly inconsistent with this benchmark, confirmed across multiple machines.
A few comparisons from other performance drives we have evaluated in recent months.
Thats a crazy size. I thought my 32GB drive was big !
The price however, holy crap!
I love everything about this drive, except the pricing. I would love to know how many people would be wanting to spend almost $900 on a flash drive……….
been looking at their 64GB drive for a while now, seems an ideal price point.
I would rather buy a USB 3.0 enclosure, self powered for a 480GB SSD drive. It would be faster and much cheaper…..
So a external 500GB 3.0 harddrive cost $90. It also fits in the shirt pocket. I got to wonder what happens to the guy that buys this and then loses it.