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PNY 128GB USB3 USB Key US $39.99 + $5.05 Shipping @ Amazon ($53.04 AUD Delivered)

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MATTDAMON on 25/08/2014 - 13:03 amazon.com (769 clicks)
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Pretty decent specs and the one i have seem to match the various reviews on performance. Also have the 16,32 and 128gb models available.

Sequential Read : 197.193 MB/s
Sequential Write : 104.529 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 151.087 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 32.768 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 4.596 MB/s [ 1122.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.110 MB/s [ 26.8 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 5.005 MB/s [ 1221.9 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.085 MB/s [ 20.6 IOPS]

Test : 100 MB [F: 0.1% (0.1/119.2 GB)] (x5)

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  • Make it so on 25/08/2014 - 13:10
    -8

    This is kind of a dupe. It is a good product, however. I have managed to get read speeds of up to 167MB/s on very large files.

  • MATTDAMON on 25/08/2014 - 13:14
    +8

    How is it a duplicate exactly? hasnt been posted at this price in over a month. If that was the case then every samsung SSD bargain posted is a duplicate when it recieves a price drop

  • typhoonadventure on 25/08/2014 - 13:14
    +1

    build quality on the case of the two I got last time was pretty shoddy. It's ok if your using it as a jump drive plugged in all the time but if not, don't bother it wont last.

  • Bellpop on 25/08/2014 - 13:38
    +1

    ive got mine attached to my keys and use it every day. No problems. Awesome drive. Highly recommended.

  • ezza on 25/08/2014 - 13:40

    i got one some months back.. great little USB!! would recommend

  • Mixhael on 25/08/2014 - 14:18

    Still use the one I got a few months ago. Great speeds for the price.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2014 - 15:00
    +2

    Rubbish product, great price.

    • wisc on 25/08/2014 - 20:34

      have you got any evidence to back that up?

      • typhoonadventure on 25/08/2014 - 22:16

        same boat as us where the durability of it is pretty average, if you have it plugged in or on your set of keys its fine, if your ripping it in and out of drives all day they seem to degrade really quick.

      • justtoreply on 26/08/2014 - 23:03

        Amazon reviews.

  • drmac on 25/08/2014 - 15:11
    +6

    Have had 2 of these and since returned them back to Amazon (full refund given). They're quite flaky. One failed completely and the other would only be recognised around every one in three attempts - usual attempts at reformatting in different formats etc.., but no luck.

    Were good while they worked, but I could never trust them for any data, regardless of how important.

    Good price, but just not worth the hassle of data loss and/or return to amazon.

    • Make it so on 25/08/2014 - 15:25

      I had to do a low-level format on mine before I was able to use it as a bootable drive. Normal format wouldn't cut it. Hope it won't die down the track.

      • oz-dave on 25/08/2014 - 20:45
        +1

        How did you do that?

        • Make it so on 25/08/2014 - 21:39
          +1

          I used instructions similar to the ones here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/danstolts/archive/2012/07/26/crea… (under (4))
          Basically, have to delete the MBR, which a standard format doesn't do. The tool to create a bootable Windows installation disk wouldn't run using this disk until I did this. Sorry, it's not actually a low-level format… used the wrong term.

        • oz-dave on 25/08/2014 - 22:24

          @Make it so:
          Ok, thanks for the reply, I understand now, I was wondering what you meant by "Low Level" :-)

        • Make it so on 26/08/2014 - 01:36

          @oz-dave: normally means a zero fill. But removing the partition table and MBR achieves the same result in this case. Bottom line is, these drives have an issue with the MBR such that if you try to use them as windows installation disk, it fails.

        • oz-dave on 26/08/2014 - 02:18

          @Make it so:
          Since the original meaning obviously doesn't apply to flash storage, it is interesting to find out what people mean by "Low Level" :-)

    • murkywater on 25/08/2014 - 22:36

      Have had 2 fail on me as well. Just sticking to quality flash drives (like Sandisk Extreme Pro) now.

    • hashtagbargain on 25/08/2014 - 23:19

      How did you get amazon to pay for the return shipping?

  • paulaus on 25/08/2014 - 17:23

    Got one a while back good fast drive

  • murkywater on 25/08/2014 - 22:41
    +3

    That's some pretty pathetic random write 4K speed. Don't expect this to be fast while copying lots of small files or running applications from it.

    I recommend the Sandisk Extreme Pro 128GB. 2x the price but way better and no flaky build. These PNY drives are really unreliable.

  • juicejuice on 26/08/2014 - 10:37
    +1

    FWIW I got one of these the last time it was mentioned and has been great. No problems, reasonable speeds (60MB/sec write, same or higher on read).

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