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Sustained Read Transfer Rate
USB Flash Drive |
Capacity |
Large Files |
Small Files |
Average |
Difference |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 |
32 GB |
61.0 MB/s |
46.8 MB/s |
53.9 MB/s |
Baseline |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 |
16 GB |
54.6 MB/s |
47.9 MB/s |
51.2 MB/s |
- 4.9% |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 |
32 GB |
29.8 MB/s |
27.2 MB/s |
28.5 MB/s |
- 47.1% |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 |
16 GB |
28.3 MB/s |
24.6 MB/s |
26.5 MB/s |
- 50.9% |
Active Media Wink |
16 GB |
27.1 MB/s |
25.2 MB/s |
26.2 MB/s |
- 51.4% |
OCZ Rally 2 |
2 GB |
25.6 MB/s |
24.0 MB/s |
24.8 MB/s |
- 54.0% |
SanDisk Cruzer Micro SDCZ6 |
2 GB |
25.3 MB/s |
23.6 MB/s |
24.5 MB/s |
- 54.6% |
Kingston DataTraveler DT110G |
8 GB |
16.5 MB/s |
15.9 MB/s |
16.2 MB/s |
- 69.9% |
OCZ Mini-Kart |
1 GB |
12.4 MB/s |
11.9 MB/s |
12.1 MB/s |
- 77.5% |
The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 was about 5% faster than its predecessor, the original DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0. When used with a USB 2.0 port, the newer DT Ultimate 3.0 G2 was 7.5% faster than the DT Ultimate 3.0.
On average, the DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 is more than twice as fast as USB 2.0 flash drives. That's a huge performance advantage.
Sustained Write Transfer Rate
USB Flash Drive |
Capacity |
Large Files |
Small Files |
Average |
Difference |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 |
16 GB |
41.7 MB/s |
22.9 MB/s |
32.3 MB/s |
+ 24.0% |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 |
32 GB |
39.1 MB/s |
13.0 MB/s |
26.1 MB/s |
Baseline |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 |
16 GB |
22.1 MB/s |
15.1 MB/s |
18.6 MB/s |
- 28.7% |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 |
32 GB |
23.1 MB/s |
11.6 MB/s |
17.4 MB/s |
- 33.4% |
Kingston DataTraveler DT110G |
8 GB |
9.2 MB/s |
4.6 MB/s |
6.9 MB/s |
- 73.5% |
SanDisk Cruzer Micro SDCZ6 |
2 GB |
7.1 MB/s |
4.5 MB/s |
5.8 MB/s |
- 77.8% |
OCZ Mini-Kart |
1 GB |
6.4 MB/s |
1.9 MB/s |
4.1 MB/s |
- 84.2% |
OCZ Rally 2 |
2 GB |
5.6 MB/s |
1.6 MB/s |
3.6 MB/s |
- 86.0% |
Active Media Wink |
16 GB |
3.3 MB/s |
2.0 MB/s |
2.7 MB/s |
- 89.8% |
Surprisingly, the new Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 was slower the first-generation DT Ultimate 3.0 at writes. The G2 was slower by 19% in the USB 3.0 mode, and 6.5% slower in the USB 2.0 mode.
Even with its slower write performance, the DT Ultimate 3.0 G2 was still 3-9x faster than the competing USB 2.0 drives, so it has a tremendous performance advantage over current USB 2.0 drives in this aspect.
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