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Kingston DTHX30/64GB

DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB

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Release date: Q4 2011.

Average Bench: 48.2% (25th of 639)

Based on 633 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0951 PID 162b Model: Kingston DT HyperX 3.0

Because of its fantastic headline read/write speeds, there is often a lot of interest in this drive. It's not available in 16GB so I couldn't include it in the standardized tests. Quickly looking at the 64GB Kingston HyperX 3.0 (manuf.) claimed seq r/w speeds 225/135 @ £78 or $100. Compared to the November leader - Sandisk Extreme 64GB version (manuf.) claimed r/w 190/170 @ £45 or $79. The extreme is significantly better value, and has much much faster 4K write speeds. [Nov '12 USBFlashPro]

Poor: 12%Average: 48.2% Great: 83%

Below average average bench

The Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB averaged 51.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 104MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.53MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB is 70.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 5.95MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 46.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 633 samples)
Rank 2548.2%
Min Avg Max
27 Read 147 272
22.4 Write 72.7 155
7.88 Mixed 46.7 91.8
23.3 SusWrite 104 182
114% 92.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.16 4K Read 5.95 9.3
0.26 4K Write 0.89 1.5
0.6 4K Mixed 1.53 2.5
105% 2.79 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
56GB free, PID 162b
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 164 185 144 189 189 MB/s
84% Excellent
Read 270
Write 109
Mixed 87.4
SusWrite 174
194% 160 MB/s
4K Read 10.1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 2.7
180% 4.77 MB/s
53GB free, PID 162b
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 134 133 121 138 MB/s
64% Good
Read 204
Write 108
Mixed 88
SusWrite 132
166% 133 MB/s
4K Read 6.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 2
138% 3.37 MB/s
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 Comments

ProdEntryBot
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Official site www.kingston.com/...

HyperX Performance...

The new DataTraveler® HyperX 3.0 Flash drive features the fastest speeds and largest capacity Kingston® offers for portable storage.

  • USB 3.0: 225MB/s read and 135MB/s write
  • 8-channel architecture
  • Capacities: 64GB, 128GB, 256GB
Added 11 years ago.
USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

6 years ago.

TWN-User
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2,866

Good

7 years ago.

new release Read 300MBps, Write 250MBps.

SWE-User
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2,784

Good

9 years ago.

I have it myself and are satisfied with the space and speed:)

USBFlashPro
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1,312

Excellent

11 years ago.

Review  www.eteknix.com/...

Awarded the Extreme Performance award by eteknix.com

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