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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 |
+ 52.2% |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 |
16 GB |
54.6 MB/s |
47.9 MB/s |
51.2 MB/s |
+ 44.7% |
Kingston DataTraveler Elite 3.0 |
16 GB |
37.8 MB/s |
33.1 MB/s |
35.4 MB/s |
Baseline |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 |
32 GB |
29.8 MB/s |
27.2 MB/s |
28.5 MB/s |
- 19.5% |
Kingston DataTraveler Elite 3.0 |
16 GB |
28.3 MB/s |
24.6 MB/s |
26.5 MB/s |
- 25.3% |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 |
16 GB |
28.3 MB/s |
24.6 MB/s |
26.5 MB/s |
- 26.1% |
Active Media Wink |
16 GB |
27.1 MB/s |
25.2 MB/s |
26.2 MB/s |
- 29.9% |
OCZ Rally 2 |
2 GB |
25.6 MB/s |
24.0 MB/s |
24.8 MB/s |
- 30.9% |
SanDisk Cruzer Micro SDCZ6 |
2 GB |
25.3 MB/s |
23.6 MB/s |
24.5 MB/s |
- 40.0% |
The Kingston DataTraveler Elite 3.0 was nowhere as fast as the DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Gen. 2, or even the older DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 (DTU30). However, it still did a much better job than the USB 2.0 flash drives. On average, the DataTraveler Elite 3.0 was about 33% faster than the USB 2.0 flash drives in sustained reads.
Note that while Kingston quoted a maximum read speed of 70 MB/s, the sustained read speed was much lower at just 38 MB/s.
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 |
+ 54.4% |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 |
32 GB |
39.1 MB/s |
13.0 MB/s |
26.1 MB/s |
+ 24.5% |
Kingston DataTraveler Elite 3.0 |
16 GB |
28.1 MB/s |
13.8 MB/s |
20.9 MB/s |
Baseline |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 |
16 GB |
22.1 MB/s |
15.1 MB/s |
18.6 MB/s |
- 11.2% |
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 |
32 GB |
23.1 MB/s |
11.6 MB/s |
17.4 MB/s |
- 17.1% |
Kingston DataTraveler Elite 3.0 |
16 GB |
22.1 MB/s |
11.8 MB/s |
16.9 MB/s |
- 19.0% |
SanDisk Cruzer Micro SDCZ6 |
2 GB |
7.1 MB/s |
4.5 MB/s |
5.8 MB/s |
- 67.0% |
OCZ Rally 2 |
2 GB |
5.6 MB/s |
1.6 MB/s |
3.6 MB/s |
- 72.3% |
Active Media Wink |
16 GB |
3.3 MB/s |
2.0 MB/s |
2.7 MB/s |
- 82.6% |
The Kingston DataTraveler Elite 3.0 did better at sustained writes, delivering a throughput of up to 28 MB/s. This is almost 4x as fast as older USB 2.0 flash drives.
Note that while Kingston quoted a maximum write speed of 30 MB/s, the sustained write speed was lower at just 22 MB/s.
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