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SanDiskSDCZ80-016G
  

Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 6,389 user samples
3,483 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 36% 457GB free, PID 0740 @USB 3.0
Worst Bench: 11% 178GB free, PID 0740 @USB 3.0
Poor: 11% Great: 36%
SPEED RANK: 172nd / 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
24.1 % 62.1 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+157%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
87.6 MB/s 196 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+124%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
86.9 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+40%
62 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
0.5 MB/s 15.3 MB/s Insanely faster peak random read.
+2,960%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
2.3 MB/s 10.1 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+339%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 54 % Slightly more popular.
+8%
Age
Newest
123+ Months More recent.
+13%
142 Months
Capacity
Capacity
500GB 16GB
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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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