Benchmarks Continued #2:
Crystal Diskmark 3.0
The final benchmark is Crystal Diskmark 3.0 which we configured the TurboHDD utility and ran the benchmark for each for the file sizes. Keep in mind that USB 2.0 usually scores just under 40MB/s, so anything greater than that is a plus. The Super Talent Express Drive with USB 3.0 and the TurboHDD utility just left the 40MB/s score in the digital dust.
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The results are nothing less than spectacular and to think this is coming from a thumb drive which is the same size as an average USB 2.0 is just simply amazing. We stated earlier in the review the potential to store a virtual machine file on a Super Talent Express Drive so that you can carry around your own personal operating system and simply plug into any available computer’s USB 3.0 drive and do work and then just disconnect when your done… With the Express Drive from Super Talent and these read/write speeds this becomes a viable scenario. It begs the question “Who will really want to carry a laptop anymore? Yeah, it is a strech in present culture, but if you live/work in an environment which has numerous PC with big screens and USB 3.0 availble.. this could be a solution for you..?”
Conclusion:
Super Talent has a very solid product with the Express Drive USB 3.0. We really enjoyed putting the drive through its paces to really see what it can do and it did not let us down. Since USB 3.0 is just coming out in new PCs and there are some PCI Express cards which you can purchase to add USB 3.0 capability to your existing system USB 3.0 should be considered main stream at this time. The ability to move large amounts of data to and from a thumb drive at three to four times the speed of USB 2.0 drives will result in USB 3.0 devices becoming very popular, very quickly. I certainly look forward to see what Super Talent and its competitors will do with this technology in the future. The Express Drive USB 3.0 certainly delivers blazing fast speeds for those who demand the performance now.
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