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+184%
Real World Speed
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2,386 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 37% 24GB free, PID db8a @USB 3.2
Worst Bench: 8% 28GB free, PID db8a @USB 2.1
Poor: 8% Great: 37%
SPEED RANK: 200th / 639
2,906 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 81% 9GB free, PID 5580 @USB 3.0
Worst Bench: 29% 2GB free, PID 5580 @USB 3.0
Poor: 29% Great: 81%
SPEED RANK: 11th / 639
Effective Speed
Effective USB Speed 		21.9 % 62.1 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+184%
Peak Score 
+87%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		147 MB/s 196 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+33%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		53.8 MB/s 62 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+15%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		11.4 MB/s 15.3 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+34%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		2.77 MB/s 10.1 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+265%
Value & Sentiment 
+71%
Value
Value For Money 		57.5 % Hugely better value.
+141% 		23.9 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		54 % 54 %
Price
Price (score) 		$5 Much cheaper.
+71% 		$17
Nice To Haves 
+6%
Age
Newest 		133 Months Slightly more recent.
+6% 		142 Months
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		32GB 16GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 21.9%
Average Bench 62.1%
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The new Adata Dashdrive UV128 has a performance profile that closely matches its older, and recently rebranded, Dashdrive Elite S102 Pro sibling. Comparing the two shows that the drives are nearly identical except for form factor. Personally I prefer a retractable form factor as USB caps are easily lost. Overall in terms of performance the Dashdrive UV128 is slightly above average and in terms of value for money it is also reasonable. [Jul '13 USBFlashPro]

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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]

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We highlight the best USB flash drive in terms of balanced performance and value for money using current prices, sequential read, sequential write , 4k read and 4k write speed. The speeds are combined to form a single effective speed which measures performance for tasks such as copying photos, music and videos. Effective speed is adjusted by current price and capacity to yield value for money. Finally thousands of individual user ratings are used to validate our benchmark figures. [USBFlashPro]

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