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Hama 00108025 (Flash)

Probo USB 3.0 16GB

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Release date: Q4 2011.

Average Bench: 12.9% (378th of 639)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 1f75 PID 0902 Model: General USB Flash Disk

The Hama Probo is a great all round flash drive with above average performance. The retractable mechanism is good and it's both small and light. In terms of value for money this drive is well above average thanks to its strong performance and reasonable price point. [Jun '12 USBFlashPro]

Poor: 9%Average: 12.9% Great: 19%

Terrible average bench

The Hama Probo USB 3.0 16GB averaged 87.0% 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. 4K Random Read Speed 4.19MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 25.5MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hama Probo USB 3.0 16GB is just 10%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hama Probo USB 3.0 16GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.11MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 39.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 37812.9%
Min Avg Max
25 Read 39.9 92.8
18.2 Write 25.5 35.6
7.3 Mixed 19.3 38.7
8.8 SusWrite 22.6 33.9
33.7% 26.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 4.19 8.5
0 4K Write 0.26 0.63
0 4K Mixed 0.11 0.58
28% 1.52 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
14GB free, PID 0902
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s
13.8% Very poor
Read 37.8
Write 32.1
Mixed 18.4
SusWrite 29.7
38% 29.5 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
29% 1 MB/s
2GB free, PID 0902
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s
13.3% Very poor
Read 39.2
Write 28.2
Mixed 17.9
SusWrite 28
36% 28.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
17% 0.2 MB/s
14GB free, PID 0902
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s
11.1% Very poor
Read 29.2
Write 26.7
Mixed 23.6
SusWrite 24.8
35% 26.1 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
23% 2.1 MB/s
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 Comments

USBFlashPro
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Official site www.hama.co.uk/...

Retractable USB-Connector...

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

6 years ago.

GBR-User
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Good

8 years ago.

I get much better speeds than you did, around 131MB/s and 63MB/s, in my i5-4670k system.

USBFlashPro
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Below average

11 years ago.

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