This is my first time doing some sort of "mini review/test".
Please bear with me.
Introduction
In this review, i will be detailing the actual gathered information with regards to the latest standard in computer connectivity. The Universal Standard Bus 3.0, also known as USB 3.0 SuperSpeed.
Also, I will conduct a simple test to know how flash drives benefit from this type of standard.
What is USB 3.0?
"USB 3.0 is the third major revision of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard for computer connectivity. In the late 1990s, the first major revision was made to the USB 1.1 specification. The revision was called USB 2.0 which added a new transfer speed called High Speed (HS – 480 Mbit/s) to the earlier speeds (Low Speed (LS) – 1.5 Mbit/s and Full Speed (FS) – 12 Mbit/s)."
more information at
USB 3.0 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What is a USB 3.0 Flash Drive?
A USB 3.0 flash drive is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated Universal Serial Bus 3.0 (USB 3.0) interface. USB 3.0 flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than discs.
As the title implies, we will put the USB 3.0 to the test to see how it behaves in real life scenarios.
Test Setup and Benchmarks
*ADATA S107 16Gb variant
*Asus K43SJ has a single USB 3.0 Port
Benchmarking will consists of two parts:
Write Speed Test [Laptop to Flash Drive thru the USB 3.0 Port]
Read Speed Test [Flash Drive to Laptop thru the USB 3.0 Port]
Results will be in the unit of Time.
How people use flash drives differ from one another, but in the following tests, I aimed for the most realistic scenarios.
The sample consists files that total to 10.8Gb of data.
The sample includes the most common file types people exchange.
They come in various sizes, which has an effect to the performance of the device.
Games (.exe, .dll, .mpq, etc)
Music (.mp3, .wma, etc)
Documents (.pdf, .txt, etc)
Movies (.mkv, .avi, .mp4, etc)
Photos (.jpg, .png, etc)
Performance Test
First, i cut the sample folder from the laptop, located only under the desktop hierarchy, to the flash drive.
During the process, i took a series of screenshots.
If you compare the time the 1st screenshot was created and the last, you would notice a difference of
9 minutes.
That is not far from the initial estimate shown at the 1st screenshot.
Next, from the flash drive, i copied the sample folder.
Again, Im taking screenshots while it was happening.
The resulting difference is
3 minutes.
The value remains close to the 1st estimate of 2 min 15 seconds. Which is pretty good.
Conclusion
Although i did not do a comparison, I can safely say that USB 3.0 is a great improvement against the previous USB standards in terms of speed. Both in Write and Read speeds.
Just look at the actual test, it clearly shows that under the right scenarios, the USB 3.0 can finish the given task under a short period of time.
SuperSpeed really did live up to its name and delivered a great performance when integrated to a portable device.
If you ask me when is the right time to adapt to the latest USB standard, i would definitely say NOW.
The manufacturers are lining up their products with it, the computer industry is moving along with it, and the consumers' demand for faster computing dictated its standardization.
My friend, you will never go wrong with USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Devices.
-shryock
USB 3.0 Flash Drive: Speed Test
Originally Posted by orlyboy78
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