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Cruzer Glide 16GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 11.2% (398th of 639)

Based on 14,328 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0781 PID 5575 Model: SanDisk Cruzer Glide
Poor: 7%Average: 11.2% Great: 17%

Terrible average bench

The SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB averaged 88.7% 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 Mixed IO Speed 2.17MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.45MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB is just 10.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 6.56MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 8.09MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14,328 samples)
Rank 39811.2%
Min Avg Max
18.6 Read 27.9 36.9
2.5 Write 8.09 15
3.2 Mixed 10.1 17.3
3.8 SusWrite 6.56 11.9
14.6% 13.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.8 4K Read 5.45 9.26
0.2 4K Write 1.45 2.9
0.4 4K Mixed 2.17 3.56
143% 3.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
10GB free, PID 5575
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 9.3 9.3 11 11 11 MB/s
19% Very poor
Read 30.7
Write 18
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 10.6
26% 20.9 MB/s
4K Read 7.4
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 2.1
214% 4.3 MB/s
15GB free, PID 5575
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 5.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.1 MB/s
13.2% Very poor
Read 31.4
Write 10.3
Mixed 9.1
SusWrite 6
15% 14.2 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.8
149% 3.33 MB/s
15GB free, PID 5575
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.2 MB/s
13% Very poor
Read 31.9
Write 4.8
Mixed 8.5
SusWrite 5.1
13% 12.6 MB/s
4K Read 4.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 2.9
185% 3.27 MB/s
15GB free, PID 5575
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 4.1 5.4 5.4 4.9 5.6 MB/s
12.5% Very poor
Read 23.4
Write 9.4
Mixed 9.2
SusWrite 4.7
13% 11.7 MB/s
4K Read 5.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 3.1
201% 3.6 MB/s
7GB free, PID 5575
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 3.2 5.7 5.1 4.6 5.6 MB/s
12.2% Very poor
Read 22.7
Write 8.3
Mixed 15
SusWrite 5
15% 12.8 MB/s
4K Read 4.3
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 2.8
186% 3.1 MB/s
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