![]() ![]() If you need more storage than 256GB, we recommend switching to an external SSD. With a read speed of just under 1,000 MB/s, the Kingston DataTraveler Max 256GB outshines all other sticks, delivering the best sequential read and write speeds (but you need a USB Type-C connector for that). In 2021, the first real USB 3.2 Gen 2 memory stick to come on the market. The test winner and thus fastest USB stick was the Corsair Flash Voyager GTX until 2020. All their tested memory sticks are very fast and in the upper range. ![]() Samsung and AXE deliver excellent products. Transcend's products are in the middle field, with the 910, 920 and 930 series performing best. In general, it can be said that Verbatim, Intenso and SanDisk tend to perform poorly, but the Extreme PRO series from SanDisk is an exception. The speeds vary greatly, with cheap sticks usually offering slow transfer rates. There’s no FIPS 140 certification because there is relatively easy access to the hardware, but it’s as secure as can be short of that.Which is the best and fastest USB flash drive? Here you will find the answer in the detailed speed performance and benchmark test of USB3 memory sticks. Said password is set via a utility provided with the drive, or with an Android app. You can password-protect it with full 256-bit AES encryption, which is now optional, and not full-time as with the T1 (which again, may account for its faster times with files and folders). The T3 is also enterprise/security friendly. But still… where’s the SuperSpeed+? Not just fast Fast enough that it doesn’t look completely mismatched against the Samsung 850 EVO or Kingston HyperX Savage, internal SATA 6Gbps drives in the chart above. Its large-file copy times were nearly the same as the T1, but thanks either to the improved controller or the disabled encryption, it hacked quite a few seconds off the T1’s time with our 20GB batch of files and folders. Where the T3 seems greatly improved is in its handling of large batches of smaller files. The T3 proved quite a bit faster than the T1 with our 20GB set of files and folders. The numbers below reflect NTFS performance.ĪS SSD rated the T3 as only marginally faster than the T1, but check out the copy times for files and folders below. Though not shown, on a non-UASP USB 3.0 port, transfers were almost exactly 300MBps each way. In out tests, the T3 didn’t reach its theoretical maximums (few drives do), but it was darn close, as you can see in the charts below. By the way, UASP stands for “USB attached SCSI Protocol.” If you spell it all out, you get “Universal Serial Bus attached Small Computer System Interface.” I’ll stick with UASP. On a normal USB 3.x bus that will dip to around 350MBps (ironic sigh), and, of course, drop all the way down to around 50MBps via USB 2.0. We got our hands on the first USB 3.1-capable motherboard, MSI's X99A Gaming 9 ACK, and ASMedia's ASM1352R-equipped developer board for some early benchmarks with two striped SSDs and an. If the T3 is attached to a USB port that features UASP then you can theoretically see up to 450MBps each way. Go there for details on competing products and how we tested them. This review is part of our roundup of best external drives. Full-time encryption or no, the T1 and T3 are the only drives I’m aware of that take full advantage of Gen 1 SuperSpeed USB, though that also depends on what grade of USB port you attach it to. However, the speed improvements may be due to the now-optional encryption that we left turned off. The T3 is based on Samsung’s TLC NAND and uses a more refined version of the MGX controller found in the T1. OK, I’m back now, so I can tell you that aside from feeling more expensive than the T1 (which it’s not), the T3 is an even better performer, especially with smaller files and folders. ![]() The T3 has a USB Type-C connector and comes with a non-captive Type-C-to-USB-3.x-Type-A cable. ![]()
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