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Extreme USB 3.0 16GB

Average Bench: 62.1% (11th of 639)

Based on 2,906 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0781 PID 5580 Model: SanDisk Extreme

The benchmark scores for the SanDisk Extreme were stunning. Until now every flash drive we have tested has shown a serious weakness in the area of 4K random writes. The SanDisk Extreme achieved a 4K random write speed of 2.1 MB/s which was over three times faster than the best of the rest, unfortunately we were unable to get consistent measurements but 2.1 MB/s was towards at the lower end of the range (10.8 MB/s - 1.71 MB/s) we observed. We suspect the inconsistency relates to the way the controller batches page cleanup. The other benchmark observations were all consistent and to date this drive has the highest sequential read we have seen on a 16GB flash drive. The SanDisk Extreme has not been released in the UK. Our test unit had to be shipped from Hong Kong where we were able to purchase it at at an extremely reasonable price. We will update the price if/when the drive becomes officially available in the UK ... [Jul '12 USBFlashPro]

Poor: 29%Average: 62.1% Great: 81%

Above average average bench

The SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB averaged 37.9% 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. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 10.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 9.18MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB is 52.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 38.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 43.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,906 samples)
Rank 1162.1%
Min Avg Max
29.9 Read 151 236
15.4 Write 43.6 58.9
16.3 Mixed 38.3 64.9
18.8 SusWrite 44.1 58
75.6% 69.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.9 4K Read 10.1 13.1
4.6 4K Write 9.18 11
3.95 4K Mixed 7.12 8.6
592% 8.79 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.98 DQ Read 11.5 13.7
8.58 DQ Write 10.4 12.1
6.9 DQ Mixed 8.59 10.3
689% 10.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6GB free, PID 5580
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 59 59 58 59 MB/s
64.5% Good
Read 178
Write 57.7
Mixed 35.9
SusWrite 58.5
90% 82.4 MB/s
4K Read 8.6
4K Write 7.8
4K Mixed 6.3
512% 7.57 MB/s
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 Comments

ProdEntryBot
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0

Official site www.sandisk.com/...

Spend less time waiting with the Cruzer Extreme...

  • Available capacities: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB
  • Performance/speed: Up to 190 MB/s** ; write speed lower and varies by capacity.
  • Dimensions: 2.79" x .84" x .45" (70.87 mm x 21.34 mm x 11.43 mm)
Added 11 years ago.
USA-User
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9,832

Poor (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

Bad, spend money on fpga instead so much more value

Comment 

Fast yes, but it is too big. It's 2014 and they still make a flash drive this big is a shame and the main reason I won't buy it. I hope they trim it down then I'm all in.

Comment 

Verry fast, even on usb 2.0 it can write at around 20MBps which is very important to me. I work in IT for the city and many computers that I service do not have USB 3.0 yet. —Aug '15

GBR-User
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5,780

Liked

3 years ago.

Comment 

Done my own benchmarks and they are similar to the ones in this article. Good Drive, got it for 4k I/O, works as expected. Bit hard to get into USB slot without accidentally letting it retract again though.—Dec '14

DEU-User
Avatar level
5,743

Good

13 days ago.

Not useable for operating systems

HKG-User
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5,504

Excellent

2 years ago.

4K Read amd write speed is very fast

CAN-User
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4,956

Good

2 years ago.

fast write speeds, even quick enough to serve as the root file system in Linux on usb2.

Review  www.legitreviews.com/...

Legit Reviews took a look at the 64gb version, verdict: The SanDisk 64GB Extreme USB 3.0 Flash Drive is one of the fastest USB drives that you can buy today and we were impressed by the numbers that we were able to reach. To see sequential data transfer numbers hitting 215MB/s read and 189MB/s write in CrystalDiskMark was simply amazing. This drive is the fastest offered by SanDisk and is also one of the fastest USB 3.0 Flash drives to be offered by any company.

RUS-User
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4,776

Excellent

6 years ago.

Never overheats, with encryption software. Pretty fast.

Deal  rostov-na-donu.dns-shop.ru/...

Память USB 3.0 Flash Sandisk 16 Gb Extreme Код: 154427 Купить память usb flash Sandisk за 990 руб.

Discussion  forum.ixbt.com/...

Я вот месяц назад тоже рискнул купить не глядя флэш "приличной" фирмы типа трансценд(64Гб jf700 usb3.0) - результат 3ю неделю лежит в сервисе, издох после 2ой недели эксплуатации, пришлось таки попользовать поиск Сандиск экстрим конечно чуть подороже на 700-800руб но скорость в сравнении космическая да ещё и без подтормаживаний , реальной разницы по скорости между ней и системным сигейтом SATA3 на 2Тб я не ощущаю. Попалось бы раньше на глаза такое сравнение, не попал бы впросак

IND-User
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Disliked

14 days ago.

Deal  www.ebay.in/...

Rs. 1,300 - 1,900 with free shipping.

ROU-User
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4,615

Excellent

4 months ago.

Comment 

The speed is awesome, it's reliable, Only downside is when inserting it don't put the hand on the slider or it might not go in.—Sep '14

FRA-User
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4,573

Liked

5 years ago.

Discussion  www.geekzone.fr/...

Je cherche à m'équipper d'une clé USB 3 de capacité 32 ou 64 Go. Vous avez des conseils à donner ou des retours à faire sur tel ou tel modèle?

ITA-User
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4,067

Disliked

6 months ago.

Discussion  www.hwupgrade.it/...

Se a qualcuno può interessare ho trovato qui: http://www.whoratesit.com/Best-Flash...arison/1#rank4 delle recensioni abbastanza recenti (agosto 2012) su alcune pen drive da 16 gb. Avendo necessità mi sono comprato una Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0 però da 32GB:

AUS-User
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3,948

Disliked

9 months ago.

Comment 

16GB Under $16 Aust you would be a mug not to buy a couple —Sep '14

ESP-User
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3,729

Excellent

4 years ago.

Discussion  www.forocoches.com/...

Mejor memoria usb 3.0 - ¿esta kingston? Wenas, Como muchos de vosotros voy detrás de la memoria usb 3.0 que mejor relación velocidad/precio da, y he encontrado este modelo de la marca Kingston que escribe a 70mb y lee a 100mb. Es de 32gb y tiene un precio un poco alto, aunque estas tasas lo compensan. Aquí lo podéis ver:

Discussion  www.forocoches.com/...

Cita: Originalmente Escrito por fcuevas27 l0rk, mirate la guia, vale la pena leerselo, para estar al tanto mas que nada... http://www.whoratesit.com/Best-Flash-Drive/Comparison/1 el elite lo he probado y es rapido, y me costo 16€ en tienda, barcelona. Le echo un vistazo, muchas gracias

PHL-User
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3,358

Poor

3 years ago.

I'm getting myself two 32GB versions of this baby. ;)

CZE-User
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3,344

Disliked

17 months ago.

Discussion  forum.zive.cz/...

Výběr nového flash disku - 16/32 GB (vč. připojení k TV)

ISR-User
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2,338

Good

7 years ago.

read and write 43 Mb's with usb 3.0 on my mac

Discussion  www.fresh.co.il/...

משפחת המוצרים הזו היא הטובה ביותר מסוגה (בהפרש משמעותי) ומחירה דומה למוצרים אחרים מגיע בגדלים של 16 או 32 או 64 ג"ב 200 מ"ב כתיבה וקריאה (כאשר המקור או היעד לא מגביל).

NOR-User
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2,290

Disliked

7 years ago.

Info  usb.userbenchmark.com/...

Świetna jakość oraz osiągane prędkości. Bardzo ładnie wygląda, a praktyczny, wysuwany port USB działa za każdym razem tak samo i po wsunięciu wraca na swoje miejsce. Zainstalowałem na nim GTA5 i działa aż miło. Cóż można dodać.. jeden z najlepszych pendrive jakie wyprodukowano, ale nie ma co się dziwić - Sandisk ma chyba najdłuższe doświadczenie (zarówno dla użytkowników prywatnych jak i przemysłu czy nawet wojska :D) Polecam!

SGP-User
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1,990

Disliked

7 years ago.

Discussion  forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...

Long discussion on the pros/cons of the drive including the best places to buy it in Singapore.

LKA-User
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1,904

Excellent

5 years ago.

Served me well. Spring mechanism was the downfall of the drive.

SAU-User
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1,874

Poor

4 years ago.

this is very nice ,Ihope to buy it near days

USBFlashPro
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1,312

Outstanding

11 years ago.

Review  usb.userbenchmark.com/...

Read my full review and see the lab test results.

Image  www.userbenchmark.com/...
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MKD-User
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1,302

Good

8 years ago.

Just bought it today and it's AWESOME!

NGA-User
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798

Good

8 years ago.

4K write speed is a dealbreaker for USBs copying minute system files

Yodabest
Avatar level
541

Excellent

11 years ago.

This flash drive is great value for money. It's almost the best performing and significantly cheaper than most of the competition. Pros: Exceptional small file write speed. Cons: The build quality could be better.

Zefram
Avatar level
78

Excellent

11 years ago.

This drive beats the rest hands down. Even the Kingston HyperX 3.0 vs. Sandisk Extreme : no contest ... The HyperX 3.0 has a very slightly faster headline read speed (240 vs 215) MB/s but loses to the 64GB extreme in every other benchmark category (512k, 4K, 4K QD32), and by a long way. The Extreme also costs at least 20% less than the HyperX. I do daily incremental backups of a directory containing 40K files and 3K folders, it takes a few seconds on the extreme compared to around 30 seconds with every other flash drive I have tested. The key strength of this drive is its real world usability.

Discussion  www.userbenchmark.com/...

An in depth analysis of the sandisk's 4K write speed. "After having done some further testing with Iometer, we observed that the Sandisk occasionally freezes for up to a second, this is not a noticeable problem for typical users who use the drive as external storage, they will only care about the average speeds which are still very good. The freezes may however be a big problem if the drive is used as a system drive for an OS."

Info  forums.macrumors.com/...

Some macbook pro users are reporting compatibility problems with the 64gb & 32gb sandisk extreme drives. You might have to format the drive on a windows machine before it works in a MBP

Batman
Avatar level
18

Poor

11 years ago.

Worked well initially then started playing up. Copy speeds were a joke. They would begin at 30 Mb/sec then quickly freeze to 16 Kb/sec and stay on that for up to 10 minutes. Then comes up on windows 7 as Error code E0x80070570 when you try and delete the half copied file. Will not buy SanDisk again for my USB 3.0 system.

Bruce427
Avatar level
8

Good

11 years ago.

No question this drive is fast. But that's not the complete story. Customer comments are pointing to a significant rate of failure -- both initially and after several weeks/months of use (you even see "follow-up" comments here about a minor freezing issue). On newegg.com the 1 Star reviews out number the 5 Star reviews. Also, on Amazon.com there are numerous comments about failures. Additionally, if you examine the "comments" section (here), you will see that not everyone has been able to reproduce those stellar 4K read/write speeds and even the sample reviewed here was not able to repeat them on a different test. Currently, I decided to spend more and go with the Lexar Triton instead. However, when SanDisk gets these issues resolved, I plan to buy one. I will follow the customer comments for another few months before making a decision. I have had good luck with SanDisk in the past.

pphu15
Avatar level
4

Good

2 years ago.

Too pricey, but it give you an outstanding performance. No perfect and rare for Vietnamese user, but it will cut a last second down to make almostly ETA seconds only for installing Windows 7/8/8.1 and 1 minute for Windows 10/11. I didn't use the product, but it's so perfect for you. Nice if you use ReadyBoost or if you reinstalls Windows every month, but AVERAGE if you play games from USBs.

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