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It does what it was designed to do - run screaming fast in a USB-3 port. I long/full formatted the entire 64GB unit as NTFS in 8 minutes using an EVGA PC motherboard SuperSpeed USB-3 port (completed 8GB/min or 133MB/sec , Bytes, not bits) - that's like writing about a full CD worth of data in 5 seconds! That is writing (not faster reading) at about 22% the maximum theoretica; USB-3 bus speed. In comparison, it takes a regular 4GB USB-2 Kingston G3 ($5) stick 15 minutes for the same operation (32x slower). If you can afford a new PC or laptop with USB-3 ports, you must also have one of these to make good use of that port. It is worth noting that after the massive 64GB high-speed format, the stick was very warm and surprised me when I grabbed it to extract it from the port - guess that's what all that blue cooling metal wrap is for! The 133MB/sec format speed is right at the advertised write speed, so I'm not sure about some reviewers' complaints of mis-advertising, even though I recognize "real data writing" could be slower for multiple files or many small files. At some point, it becomes difficult to go any faster because you cannot adequately dissipate the heat. Recommended if needed, and if affordable - esp. for frequent and/or very large file transfers. Kingston makes great memory products of many types to suit many use and price-point needs. Hyper-X 3.0 is their new flagship, replacing their previous Hyper-X USB-2 unit (which I also own). As is often true, Amazon rocks again with the best price - thanks!
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This drive is amazingly fast on really large files. I transferred several 2GB files to the drive via a USB 3.0 hub at a sustained rate of 127Mb/sec. The same files were read back to my SSD C: at 151Mb/sec. Smaller files are a different matter. They write to the drive at anywhere from 120Kb/sec to 1.6Mb/sec and read back at about 10Mb/sec. By comparison, my 64Gb Patriot Xporter writes large files at around 11Mb/sec and reads at about 28 Mb/sec. Smaller files wrote at from 12Kb/sec to 3.5Mb/sec and read at about 16Mb/sec.
BalasHapusThe drive was plug and play on my Sandy Bridge system. I stuck it in and started copying.
I bought the drive to copy a large set of large database files between non-networked computers rapidly. For this purpose I am blown away. I have Hitachi 7200rpm 2TB hard drives that only achieve around 56Mb/sec on a direct copy of these same files. When I saw the "speedometer" stable at 127Mb/sec I called my friend to exclaim to him how fast this drive is. I should note here that it is still a fast drive in a USB 2.0 port -- for 2.0. It transfers at about 25Mb/sec for large files.
I wanted to give the drive 4 stars because of the huge difference between the smaller files and the larger ones. However, this is state of the art and it deserves 5 stars for that.
I used TeraCopy for all my speeds.
I bought one of these drives 8 months ago, and I have used it daily since then. It lives up to its stated data rates (130MB/s write, 220MB/s read on USB 3.0). 4-hour-plus full backups with my USB 2.0 device now take 45 minutes. Size is small, for a 128GB device, though it's larger than all my smaller-capacity flash drives. It works fine on USB 2.0 as well, though at much lower data rates. All in all, I don't have anything bad to say about this device.
BalasHapusThen, I lost it. So, I'm buying another to replace it. Can't live without it.
In the past I have had terrible luck with Kingston, including getting 2 counterfeit drives directly from the company who then refused to accept a return on them as they were counterfeit. Well I needed a new USB3.0 drive and this was the best option. I purchased a pair of them, a 64gb and a 128gb for different applications.
BalasHapusFirst impression was that it was a bit larger, but due to the capacity I expected about as much. The performance made up for it quickly.
With a Asus P9-X79 motherboard, reading from a pair of 128gb Kingston SSDs in Raid-0, with USB3.0 boost enabled, I can easily get 120mb/s write and 200mb/s read from the drive. I was amazed when I read people getting 7mb/s... I'm moving 4.7 GB ISO files in under a minute, it's just amazing. There is no lag at the end or any "time remaining" issues. This drive is great.
The only real downside is that it does get warm to the touch, so using it as a readyboost drive wouldn't be a good idea, but it's nothing that drastic. For the money this is the fastest flash drive, outperforming many more expensive drives on the market.
BalasHapusIt does what it was designed to do - run screaming fast in a USB-3 port. I long/full formatted the entire 64GB unit as NTFS in 8 minutes using an EVGA PC motherboard SuperSpeed USB-3 port (completed 8GB/min or 133MB/sec , Bytes, not bits) - that's like writing about a full CD worth of data in 5 seconds! That is writing (not faster reading) at about 22% the maximum theoretica; USB-3 bus speed. In comparison, it takes a regular 4GB USB-2 Kingston G3 ($5) stick 15 minutes for the same operation (32x slower). If you can afford a new PC or laptop with USB-3 ports, you must also have one of these to make good use of that port. It is worth noting that after the massive 64GB high-speed format, the stick was very warm and surprised me when I grabbed it to extract it from the port - guess that's what all that blue cooling metal wrap is for! The 133MB/sec format speed is right at the advertised write speed, so I'm not sure about some reviewers' complaints of mis-advertising, even though I recognize "real data writing" could be slower for multiple files or many small files. At some point, it becomes difficult to go any faster because you cannot adequately dissipate the heat. Recommended if needed, and if affordable - esp. for frequent and/or very large file transfers. Kingston makes great memory products of many types to suit many use and price-point needs. Hyper-X 3.0 is their new flagship, replacing their previous Hyper-X USB-2 unit (which I also own). As is often true, Amazon rocks again with the best price - thanks!
BalasHapusPros:
BalasHapus1. Fast file transfer
2. Light weight
Cons:
1. A little bit "fat"
2. Small file transfer is a bit slower than large file.
Other thoughts:
Transferring 6.5GB of files with many small ones takes only 1 min on my PC.
My best friend purchased a new Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 128 gigabyte Super Speed USB 3 thumb drive for me yesterday and he selected overnight shipping. I received it today and it is certainly larger and thicker than a standard USB 2 thumb drive. I use Ubuntu 10.04.3 64 bit GNU/Linux and the reason why I told my best friend to purchase the Kingston is because they guarantee it will work with Linux kernel 2.6.x+. I used TrueCrypt AES-XTS mode 256 bit key strength with SHA-512 hash algorithm to format it to the /ext4 file system. I only transferred 12.6 megabytes worth of confidential data files and folders to it from my Ironkey USB thumb drive and it was certainly very fast. I have an ASUS N61JV-X2 notebook PC with Crucial 8 gigabytes of DDR3 PC-8500 1,066 MHz SODIMM SDRAM and an Intel 2nd Generation MLC NAND FLASH X25-M 160 gigabyte Solid State Drive. I transferred some folders and files to the Kingston and I am getting speeds slightly in excess of the maximum speeds possible using full disk encryption. I am very happy and thankful to my best friend. I chose the Kingston because I wanted something that is very portable and durable along with reliable with a large storage capacity and very high speed data transfer. I have Super Speed USB 3 built into my ASUS N61JV-X2 notebook PC and I have a SIIG ExpressCard/34 with Super Speed USB 3. There does not seem to be any difference in data transfer speeds when I connect the Kingston directly to my notebook PC or the SIIG ExpressCard/34 card. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a portable, rugged, and high capacity storage solution with ultra fast data transfer speeds.
BalasHapusI have been using this thumb drive for a few days. I have copied a bunch of stuff to and from my WD USB 3.0 backup drive. It is by far the fastest thumb drive I have had yet. Read and write speeds fluctuated based on the file types I was copying which is expected. The drive housing is a little bigger than what I'm use to but it hasn't caused an issue yet. Over all, it seems like if you want speed from a thumb drive, this is the one to get.
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