Corsair Corsair Flash Survivor GT 8GB detail information

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Performance:  

On this page we will take a look at the drives performance compared to other High speed USB 2.0 Removable drives.

The USB capabilities of the Corsair Flash Survivor GT 8GB Flash Drive are as follows: High speed USB 2.0/USB 1.1 compatible.

HD Tach and Sisoftware Sandra 2007 benchmarking utilities will be used for the performance tests.

For these tests, Write caching was set to Optimize for quick removal. However it is recommended to read the safe removal notes under the options.

Corsair Flash Survivor GT 8GB Flash Drive write caching options

HD Tach RW:

Options selected for first HD Tach test

Sequential Read test (8Mb zones)

Burst test

Benchmark results

HD Tach results (8Mb zones)

•          Random access = 1.1ms

•          CPU utilization  = 6% +/-2%

•          Average read = 32.8 MB/s

•          Burst Speed = 35.0 MB/s

Second Test

Options selected for second HD Tach test

Sequential Read test (8Mb zones)

Burst test

Benchmark results

HD Tach test 2 results (32Mb zones)

•          Random access = 0.7ms

•          CPU utilization  = 2% +/-2%

•          Average read = 32.8 MB/s

•          Burst Speed = 33.9 MB/s

For comparison purposes here is a HD Tach test of a PNY Attache 1GB Drive

HD Tach results

•          Random access = 1.2ms

•          CPU utilization  = 2% +/-2%

•          Average read = 9.7 MB/s

•          Burst Speed = 9.9 MB/s

Sisoftware Sandra RW:

Corsair Flash Survivor GT 8GB Flash Drive

Sisoftware Sandra results

•          2MB test Read 32256 kB/sec

•          2MB test Write 17374 kB/sec

•          64MB test Read 33860 kB/sec

•          64MB test Write 27307 kB/sec

PNY Attache 1GB Drive

Sisoftware Sandra results

•          2MB test Read  9353 kB/sec

•          2MB test Write  3652 kB/sec

•          64MB test Read  9830 kB/sec

•          64MB test Write  4369 kB/sec

On the next page we will take a look at the functions and use of the drive.

Drive Features

Functionality