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Patriot PEF16GSBUSB (Flash)

Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 16GB

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Release date: Q1 2012.

Average Bench: 12.4% (387th of 639)

Based on 179 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 13fe PID 5100 Model: Patriot Memory

The Supersonic boost has an interesting performance profile. The drive put in an excellent performance in the random 4K write test where it significantly outperformed more expensive drives but it scored very poorly in the random 4K read test. So where does that leave us? Well it really depends on the intended use for the drive. The strongest aspect of this drives performance is its outright read speed which is a very respectable 85MB/s and for most flash drive users that's the figure that's going to make the most difference. [Jun '12 USBFlashPro]

Poor: 9%Average: 12.4% Great: 19%

Terrible average bench

The Patriot Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 16GB averaged 87.6% 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 Random Read Speed 7.16MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.6MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Patriot Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 16GB is just 9.84%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Patriot Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 16GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 15.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 15.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 179 samples)
Rank 38712.4%
Min Avg Max
27.2 Read 40.1 78.1
7.5 Write 17.7 37.2
8.78 Mixed 15.9 26.7
7.78 SusWrite 15.8 24.2
26.5% 22.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.9 4K Read 7.16 11
0.008 4K Write 0.44 0.81
0.01 4K Mixed 0.6 1
62% 2.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
15GB free, PID 5100
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 21 22 21 MB/s
17.2% Very poor
Read 61
Write 19.5
Mixed 12.4
SusWrite 21.6
32% 28.6 MB/s
4K Read 15.5
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.5
74% 5.33 MB/s
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 Comments

USBFlashPro
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Official site patriotmemory.com/...

Gain the performance advantage with the Supersonic Boost XT...

Added 11 years ago.
USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

6 years ago.

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High durability and highly water and shock resistant. Writes and Reads very above average for such a flash drive in very great price range. —Sep '14

DEU-User
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5,743

Good

8 years ago.

Despite exchange Lexar there from time to detection problems!

POL-User
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4,564

Disliked

8 years ago.

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Wyniki w teście jak widać natomiast obudowa tego pendriva jest żałosna... robi tylko dobre wrażenie. w rzeczywistośći pod tą gumą kryje się cieniutki plasticzek. kiedyś przy wyciąganiu z gniazda obudowa została w ręku a elektronika w gnieździe. elektronika osadzona jest w "obrączce" która łączy się za pomocą zatrzasków z resztą obudowy. zatrzaski są bardzo delikatne...—Sep '14

AUS-User
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3,948

Good

8 years ago.

Fastest USB for write I've ever seen

SWE-User
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2,784

Excellent

9 years ago.

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The 2.0 version was the best USB I've ever had. And I had a few..—Sep '14

USBFlashPro
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Poor

11 years ago.

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