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Since the given results are strongly depended on used system, processor, USB port, data and the stick itself, we want you to note that the results are only accurate for the system where the USB-Stick has been tested on. Depending on the used stick, even when it's the same brand/type, the results may look different when performed on the same or other systems. In short: The Benchmark results only give us a general idea on how the performance might be.

This time we also wanted to find out something about the performance differences on different systems and tested the same stick on a second, more powerful computer system too.

SiSoft Sandra 2007

We used two tests of the program, the Removable Storage Benchmark and the Sandra File System Benchmark.

Sandra File System Benchmark Athlon XP (compared to EZ Drive Pro 1GB)

Sandra File System Benchmark Athlon 64

The Combined Index score represents the overall performance of the drive and it is based on the average of the combined indices of the 5 in the above table shown file size transfer tests. These results include write, read and delete tests for each file size. The endurance factor is the average performance (sequential write) value divided by the lowest performance (high-stress same block re-write) value and represents the life expectance of the drive. The drive was tested several times during the last month and in the table you can see the results when the device was new and after one month of use. The test on the Athlon 64 system was performed after the drive has been used for about two weeks. It is also said that the combined index for the device, depending on the conditions, swayed from approximately 850 to 1150. So, overall we can say that the performance is similar, on both used computers.

The Sandra file system benchmark only shows a difference in the 'Buffered Write test". Here the drive was more than two times faster when the test was performed by the use of the Athlon 64 system. 

HD Tune 2.52

The HD Tune benchmark shows almost equal results on both systems. The only difference can be found for the CPU usage, here the Athlon XP system requires approximately twice as much CPU recourses than the Athlon 64 system.

The HD Tach RW results for sequential read/write and the random access time are quite similar to the results of the file system benchmark done by Sandra 2007.

Now, all the important tests are done and we keep our attention on another topic which is probably of interest for some of you.

What can I do when my stick is broken….