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Release date: Q4 2011.

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Effective Speed 
+288%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 4,343 user samples
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130 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 36% 9GB free, PID 1a04 @USB 3.0
Worst Bench: 9% 2GB free, PID 1a04 @USB 2.1
Poor: 9% Great: 36%
SPEED RANK: 287th / 639
4,213 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 93% 30GB free, PID 5580 @USB 3.0
Worst Bench: 25% 26GB free, PID 5580 @USB 2.1
Poor: 25% Great: 93%
SPEED RANK: 9th / 639
Effective Speed
Effective USB Speed 		16.6 % 64.5 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+288%
Peak Score 
+2,650%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		77 MB/s 202 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+162%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		21 MB/s 117 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+457%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		13.9 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+18% 		11.8 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		0.1 MB/s 10.1 MB/s Insanely faster peak random write.
+10,000%
Value & Sentiment 
+432%
Value
Value For Money 		2.27 % 30.5 % Insanely better value.
+1,241%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 58 % More popular.
+12%
Price
Price (score) 		$48 $28 Much cheaper.
+42%
Nice To Haves 
+5%
Age
Newest 		149 Months 142 Months +5%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		16GB 32GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 16.6%
Average Bench 64.5%
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The Flash Survivor is twice both the size and weight of most flash drives. This drive would be as well suited to smuggling diamonds as it is to carrying mp3's and word documents around. If you need a seriously robust flash drive, then this is almost certainly going to be your best choice. From a performance perspective the Flash Survivor is slightly below average but there are no glaring weaknesses, it has a well-rounded performance profile. Finally in terms of value this drive is towards the bottom of the pile unless you need super rugged features in which case it's a very good option. [Jun '12 USBFlashPro]

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The 16GB Sandisk Extreme has led my USB 3.0 Flash drive group test since it was released back in Jun '12. Often with flash based devices, write speed scales linearly with capacity and the Extreme is no exception. The sequential write speeds for the different capacities are: 16GB = 62 MB/s, 32GB = 117 MB/s and 64GB = 188 MB/s. In the 64GB category there are several alternatives to the Extreme including the new Corsair Flash Voyager GT Turbo, Kingston HyperX and Patriot Supersonic Magnum. In the 16 GB category there are also a few viable alternatives but in the 32GB category I have yet to come across a drive that even comes close to the Sandisk Extreme from either a value for money OR performance perspective.  [Mar '13 USBFlashPro]

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We highlight the best USB flash drive in terms of balanced performance and value for money using current prices, sequential read, sequential write , 4k read and 4k write speed. The speeds are combined to form a single effective speed which measures performance for tasks such as copying photos, music and videos. Effective speed is adjusted by current price and capacity to yield value for money. Finally thousands of individual user ratings are used to validate our benchmark figures. [USBFlashPro]

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