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Release date: Q1 2013.

Release date: Q3 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 12,745 user samples
264 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 52% 58GB free, PID 1697 @USB 3.0
Worst Bench: 10% 28GB free, PID 1697 @USB 2.1
Poor: 10% Great: 52%
SPEED RANK: 117th / 639
12,481 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 39% 58GB free, PID 5583 @USB 3.0
Worst Bench: 12% 28GB free, PID 5583 @USB 2.1
Poor: 12% Great: 39%
SPEED RANK: 138th / 639
Effective Speed
Effective USB Speed
28.7 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+9%
26.4 %
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
180 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+15%
157 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
84 MB/s 90.6 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+8%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
5.9 MB/s 6.8 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+15%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
0.08 MB/s 3.2 MB/s Insanely faster peak random write.
+3,900%
Value
Value For Money
10.4 % 30.7 % Hugely better value.
+195%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
51 % 53 % +4%
Price
Price (score)
$72 $23 Much cheaper.
+69%
Age
Newest
141 Months 122 Months More recent.
+13%
Capacity
Capacity
64GB 64GB

This is the third incarnation of what was once kingston's flagship flash drive. This version has a full metal body and comes with a retractable head, an improvement over the G2. In terms of speed the drive has strong sequential headline figures but they are not chart topping by any means. The 4K random write scores are very disappointing, surprisingly they even lag the older G2. We don't think the G3 makes a lot of sense at its current price of £50. As other manufacturers release their second and third gen. drives, there will be far better deals to be had later on this year. At the moment the brand new Corsair GT Turbo looks like it might be a contender but the sure thing is the chart busting Sandisk Extreme which redefined 4k random write speed expectations. [Feb '13 USBFlashPro]

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The 64GB SanDisk Ultra Fit is the largest capacity available in the Ultra Fit range. Both the 16GB and 32GB siblings fared well in terms of peak performance but with the majority of flash based products larger capacities are faster. Unfortunately for the Ultra Fit this proved not to be the case. Comparing the performance leading Mushkin Ventura and 64GB Ultra Fit shows that the Ventura is around 600% faster but just 60% more expensive. Although the Ultra Fit is a contender in the 32GB and 16GB capacities it doesn't fare well against the 64GB competition. If you are looking for a tiny form factor the 64GB SanDisk Ultra Fit is superb but otherwise there are better alternatives available with better peak and significantly better sustained transfer speeds. [Oct '14 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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