KingstonDTR30/16GB
CorsairCMFGTT3-64GB
$99
 $99 

Release date: Q1 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 505 user samples
505 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 40% 7GB free, PID 168e @USB 3.0
Worst Bench: 11% 6GB free, PID 168e @USB 2.1
Poor: 11% Great: 40%
SPEED RANK: 150th / 639

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Effective Speed
Effective USB Speed
25.7 % 57 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+121%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
95.9 MB/s 232 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+142%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
47.4 MB/s 82 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+73%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
5.9 MB/s 23 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+290%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
0.6 MB/s Insanely faster peak random write.
+2,900%
0.02 MB/s
Value
Value For Money
11.4 % 15.2 % Much better value.
+33%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
53 % +2% 52 %
Price
Price (score)
$15 Hugely cheaper.
+85%
$99
Age
Newest
142 Months 135 Months +5%
Capacity
Capacity
16GB 64GB
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We like the Kingston Datatraveler R3.0 a lot. It has an extremely well-rounded performance profile, rock solid construction, good real world performance and comes at a below average price for a USB 3.0 flash drive. Kingston have done a great job with this drive and we expect it will do well over the coming months. We could not help but notice several similarities between this drive and the Corsair Flash Voyager both in terms of construction and performance profile. Based on the success of the Voyager, that bodes well for the Kingston R3.0. In absolute terms there are faster drives to be had at this time but only if you are prepared to pay more. [Mar '13 USBFlashPro]

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This could have been a serious contender in the high speed USB 3.0 arena. On paper at least, with 260/220 MB/s read/write speeds, this drive would have had the highest sequential speeds we have seen to date on a 64GB drive. The GT Turbo was delayed by several months by Corsair, and when finally released it proved to fall far short of the advertised headline speeds. In reality it can only write at around 80 MBps and has an extremely weak 4K Random write speed. Corsair have offered refunds to the multitude of unhappy customers that bought this drive in anticipation of it setting new speed records. There are far faster drives available. [Aug '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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