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Kingston DTIG4/32GB

DataTraveler G4 USB 3.0 32GB

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Release date: Q4 2013.

Effective Speed: Below average (38th percentile)

The 32GB Datatraveler G4 has a below average performance profile for a 32GB USB 3.0 flash drive but it's priced aggressively so it still represents reasonable value for money. With sequential read/write speeds of 77/32 MB/s the G4 sits near the bottom of the pack for sequential performance. Small file 4K performance is relatively better with read/write speeds of 7.5/0.32 MB/s but again far from class leading. Overall the Datatraveler G4 scored an effective speed of 47.5 MB/s which ranks it 19th out of 25 32GB USB 3.0 Flash drives. The highlight of the G4 is its superbly low price point, a lot of 16 and 8GB drives cost more. If you plan to use the drive regularly it's certainly worth spending a little more but otherwise the G4 is a reasonable option. [Mar '14 USBFlashPro]

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 Comments

MYS-User
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3,325

Official site www.kingston.com/...

USB 3.0 in a colourful design...

Added 10 years ago.
USA-User
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10,002

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 years ago.

GBR-User
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5,878

Good

2 years ago.

Cheap backup drive for the safe.

CAN-User
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5,050

Terrible

4 years ago.

Speed numbers highly exaggerated. Max upload is 10 MB/sec. Too bad because I bought it based on this website. Now I'm annoyed cuz I can't return it.

RUS-User
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4,838

Poor

2 years ago.

very slow write over the months of usage, getting worse each day

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Performance is enough, price is good, availability is high in Moscow.—Dec '14

ROU-User
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4,705

Poor

6 years ago.

aaI tried to get in contact with kingston, and they emailed me to take contact with the supplier in my country. The shop where i bought this said that they cover warranty only 2 years, and after that to take contact with Kingston support. So they play for less than 10 bucks. Very dissapointed.

ITA-User
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4,133

Excellent

6 years ago.

I got a very lucky one, 190 Mb/s reading, 50 Mb/s writing speed

AUS-User
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4,024

Poor

7 years ago.

Amazing USB stick. Write an outstanding 13MB/s

VNM-User
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3,795

Good

7 years ago.

that suck, just Write up to 10 MB/s.

ESP-User
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3,791

Terrible

17 months ago.

The price is not correct, it cost more than 1 €

PHL-User
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3,460

Poor

7 years ago.

nao Yodaonku jaoueymkosa --------

PAK-User
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3,432

Good

7 years ago.

giving me 10 MB write speed, and 24 mb read speed

BEL-User
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2,586

Good

4 years ago.

write 25MB/s - read 40Mb/s ext4 write 16MB/s - read 30Mb/s FAT/NTFS

LVA-User
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1,754

Good

7 years ago.

Got 70/10 speeds for Read/Wride (sequential) in MB/s

USBFlashPro
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1,312

Below average

10 years ago.

waterbender
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2

Average

3 years ago.

Poor write speeds , 83 / 13 MB/S

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