File reading and writing performance tests

To test the file reading and writing performance of the Maxell Maxstix, we used the file benchmarking option in HD Tune Pro using various file sizes from 32KB to 64 MB. The Maxell Maxstix was set to “optimised for quick removal” in device manager.

To understand what the file benchmarking graphs are showing, we present a short explanation.

The vertical axis of the graph shows the reading and writing speed of the device in Megabytes per second, with the blue colour showing reading performance and the orange colour showing writing performance.

The horizontal axis of the graph shows the file block size in Kbytes and, as we can see, various block sizes are used in the test.

A small block size is useful for making the most of the available storage space on the device (very small files take up less space). The downside of using a small block size is, performance suffers badly when larger files need to be stored or read from the device. Using a larger block size will use up more space on the device when very small files are being stored, however, using a  larger block size will give much better performance when larger files have to be stored or read from the device. 

Below are our obtained results.

32KB file size

1 MB file size

4MB file size

8 MB file size

64MB file size

Summary

We can notice that as file size and block size increase, the performance of the Maxell Maxstix flash drive also increases. This is exactly what we would expect from such a device. No problems to report and performance was pretty good for this type of device.

This concludes our Maxell Maxstix review. Click the link below to read the conclusion...

Benchmarks

Conclusion