Test Setup:

The Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive was evaluated using the following test system:

» Intel Core i5 2500K LGA 1155 Quad Core @ 3.7Ghz (OC to 4.7Ghz w/1.38v)
» ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe Motherboard (Rev 1.0) w/0902 BIOS
» Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler
» OS Disk: OCZ Agility II 2.5" 60GB SATA II 3Gbps
» Storage Disk: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB harddrive SATA 3Gbps
» G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 2x4GB (8GB) PC3-12800 DDR3-1600 (8-8-8-24-2, 1.5v)
» 2x nVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 graphics cards (SLI)
» OCZ 750W Fatal1ty Modular Power Supply
» Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gamer Case
» Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit operating system w/latest Windows Updates



Testing:

We have setup our benchmarks to best simulate the environment of a typical flash drive user. We tested the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive using the factory installed FAT32 file system with 4KB allocations, which gives you 59.63GB of usable storage space. Note: If you intend to transfer individual files that are 4GB or larger you will need to reformat the drive to the NTFS file structure.

Testing was made up of three parts...

First we evaluated read/write performance in MB/s using CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1b.

Second, we tested real-world transfer speeds where we manually timed file transfers within windows for known file sizes and computed actual MB/s performance.

And for the third test we used SiSoftware Sandra Lite (2012) to evaluate IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second) and overall data latency.