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Lexar LJDS73-16GABEU (Flash)

JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 16GB

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Release date: Q1 2012.

Average Bench: 10.9% (408th of 639)

Based on 459 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 05dc PID a205 Model: Lexar JumpDrive

The JumpDrive S73 is very light, weighing just 9 grams it's one of the lightest flash drives we have seen. From a performance perspective the JetFlash S73 is disappointing, we expect more from a recent USB 3.0 device, this drive is only a little faster than some USB 2.0 drives. In terms of value the JumpDrive S73 lands somewhere near the bottom of the pack, despite its reasonable price it's let down by poor read/write performance. [Jun '12 USBFlashPro]

Poor: 8%Average: 10.9% Great: 13%

Terrible average bench

The Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 16GB averaged 89.0% 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. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 21.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 19.6MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 16GB is just 5.19%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 16GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.58MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.22MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 459 samples)
Rank 40810.9%
Min Avg Max
25.8 Read 38.8 43.6
15.6 Write 19.6 21.5
9.9 Mixed 21.2 27
16.2 SusWrite 19.6 21.4
30.7% 24.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.58 7.06
0 4K Write 0.22 0.4
0 4K Mixed 0.3 0.9
23.4% 0.7 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $20 @ launch in Jan '12
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 Comments

USBFlashPro
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Official site www.lexar.com/...

Faster File Transfer with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Technology...

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

7 years ago.

It is pretty slow for writing, 20MB/s in Windows 10 with exFAT format. Reading is acceptable in Windows, 110MB/s, but ungodly slow at Mac, 20MB/s. Pretty disappointing as a USB flash drive.

GBR-User
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Poor

7 years ago.

Had mine 5 days and now not working

ESP-User
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Disliked

7 years ago.

Deal  tiendas.mediamarkt.es/...

11.90 EUR

USBFlashPro
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Very poor

11 years ago.

Review  www.userbenchmark.com/...

Read my full review and see the benchmark test results.

Bruce427
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Good

11 years ago.

I own one of these drives and according to my own benchmarks (CrystalDiskMark/AS SSD) the sequential write speed registers 36.69 MB/s and the copy speed is 18.10 MB/s. These are significantly better than the benchmarks on the particular drive you tested. However, in the USA, the Lexar S73 16 gig flash drive can be purchased for about $15.00 (just under 10 Pounds/11.4 Euro), so its cost is less than half the price of many of the others that out perform it. Although it is slow by USB 3.0 standards, it still benchmarks faster than any of the USB 2.0 drives that I own. So, is it fast? No. But considering its cost, it does represent a decent value.

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