Real World Speed
Performance profile from 3,212 user samples
1,435 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 123% 31GB free, PID 5588 @USB 3.0
Worst Bench: 23% 86GB free (System drive), PID 5588 @USB 3.0
Poor: 23% Great: 123%
SPEED RANK: 6th / 639
1,777 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 39% 24GB free, PID 312b @USB 3.2
Worst Bench: 10% 20GB free, PID 312b @USB 2.1
Poor: 10% Great: 39%
SPEED RANK: 171st / 639
Effective Speed
Effective USB Speed
81.4 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+235%
24.3 %
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
251 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+62%
155 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
215 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+320%
51.2 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
12.4 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+5%
11.8 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
11.7 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+39%
8.4 MB/s
Value
Value For Money
71.2 % Hugely better value.
+144%
29.2 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % +2% 51 %
Price
Price (score)
$60 $11 Hugely cheaper.
+82%
Age
Newest
120+ Months More recent.
+25%
159 Months
Capacity
Capacity
128GB 32GB
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Best speeds for xfering data on a thumb drive. [Nov '20 hellcinder]

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The Adata Dashdrive Elite S102 Pro 32GB has proven to be a popular USB 3.0 flash drive. I did a full review of the 16GB version back in August 2012 and little has changed aside from the re-branding to Dashdrive Elite. The S102 Pro still has the same robust form factor and reasonable performance profile. With Sequential read/write speeds in the region of 110/37 MBps the 32GB version bests its smaller 16GB sibling by around 30% in terms of sequential performance. This performance improvement when jumping between capacities of the same drive is common amongst flash based drives. It stems from the increased parallelization potential on larger capacity drives. Small 4K file read/write performance clocks in at 13/0.4 MB/s which is above average for a 32GB flash drive. Overall the S102 Dashdrive Elite represents reasonable value for money. [Feb '14 USBFlashPro]

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USB Flash Drive Rankings (Price vs Performance) April 2024 USB Rankings

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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  • Best user rated - User sentiment trumps benchmarks for this comparison.
  • Best value for money - Value for money is based on real world performance.
  • Fastest real world speed - Real World Speed measures performance for typical consumers.
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