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Where can i benchmark usb flash drives

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  • 18-10-2013 3:52pm
    #1
    Patty O Furniture
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    I've tried using usbflashspeed but all it shows up is:

    Refreshing devices.
    ERROR: Problems with detecting some devices.
    ERROR: Problems with detecting some devices.
    ERROR: Problems with detecting some devices.
    Refreshing devices. [Done]

    It doesnt show any of the drives to benchmark,

    I have a Medion 16GB & Store n Go 32GB

    What could be the problem?

    Thanks.


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    [Deleted User]
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    http://www.attotech.com/disk-benchmark/

    http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html

    Two commonly used ones.


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    Torqay
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Two commonly used ones.

    So is HD Tune. Portable version here.


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    Patty O Furniture
    Registered Users Posts: 5,133 ✭✭✭Patty O Furniture


    Here is what i got from the results: from HDTune,

    As attotech wanted me to sign up & couldnt use crystalmark as my usb devices were almost 100% used up.

    Would the results be different if my devices werent almost full-up?


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    [Deleted User]
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    You have used a HDD benchmarking app, it's of limited use for flash based drives. Nobody uses HDTune to benchmark flash drives, they use ATTO and Crystaldisk mark, that's why I listed them.

    Benchmarks work by writing data to the drive, so of course you need free space to do it. In CrystalDiskMark and ATTO you can select the size you want to work with. But for comparing to other peoples benchmarks its a good idea to use an empty drive and just go with the default values.


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    Torqay
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Nobody uses HDTune to benchmark flash drives

    LOL


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    [Deleted User]
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    Torqay wrote: »
    LOL
    HDD speed varies from inside to outside of platter which is the whole point of HDTunes benchmark.

    Flash drives dont which is why he has a straight line left to right. Its pointless.

    The access time metric is largely irrelevant for thumbdrives also.

    Read/write of various transfer sizes is more useful for benchmarking thumbdrives.


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    Torqay
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    Well, ATTO and CrystalDisk are HDD benchmark utilities in the first place as well. If you look around for flash benchmark recommendations, you'll find HD Tune recommended with all the usual suspects.

    If you're looking for a dedicated flash memory test and benchmarks software, I'd recommend this little Russky tool.


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