[Testing] Kingston USB Drive with Type-C Connector - DataTraveler microDuo 3C - 32 gigabyte capacity
Hi, Giktayms! USB Type-C, which has already been written in detail on the GT, has not yet become the most common, but manufacturers are starting to build infrastructure. Most recently, the Kingston microDuo 3C flash drive was introduced at Computex 2015 and it was time to evaluate its real performance and performance. Under the cut there are more details about one of the first USB 3.1 Type-C drives.
I'll start with the price. Yandex.Market says that you can buy such a drive a little more than one thousand rubles. The price starts from 1009 rubles . If you draw an analogy with the "classic" flash drives, it is easy to understand that the microDuo 3C will be more expensive than conventional 2.0 drives and lower in price than high-speed 3.0 devices.
Traditionally a few words about packaging. Transparent plastic blister, absolutely standard type of delivery of USB drives. Inside, besides the flash drive itself, there is still a small strap for fixing on the key ring or key ring.
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Flash drives with two interfaces is not new, Kingston has options with microUSB, and with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 support . Now it is the turn of the new - USB 3.1 Type C - interface.
Positioning the USB Type C standard itself involves the use of drives with mobile devices and the transfer of data to ordinary computers. New Apple MacBooks have not yet received wide distribution, many manufacturers are in no hurry to release updated devices (although there are already devices from both Google and Nokia).
For Kingston microDuo 3C, the following specifications are stated:
For testing, I had to sort out the stand, which is now a little different from what I usually use. The fact is that the new interface has not yet received due distribution, and MSI Z97A Gaming 6 is the only available motherboard in Russia. On it is wired controller ASMedia ASM1142, which provides support for the interface USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbit / s)
The real disk capacity is 31 466 323 968 bytes, which, when converted, gives about 29.3 gigabytes. The drive uses Toshiba TLC type memory and a Phison PS2307 controller, which is used in many USB flash drives manufactured by Kingston.
You can connect a USB flash drive by either side, because the USB Type C connector is symmetrical. The drive sits very tightly in the slot, it requires a little effort to remove it.
Synthetic test to assess the correctness of the speeds declared by the manufacturer. Actually, most of the data listed on the boxes of flash drives and SSD from different manufacturers, it was obtained using ATTO Disk Benchmark.
This test allows you to evaluate the drive in four modes: linear read / write, read / write blocks in 4K, linear read / write at a queue depth of 32 commands, read / write blocks in 4K at a queue depth of 32 commands.
To evaluate the real performance, I wrote down The Hobbit movie on the BDRemux flash drive. Battle Of Five Armies (file size 28,851,025 kilobytes) and recorded the time during which the movie is copied to the drive.
The first swallow turned out quite fast and beautiful. The flash drive did not become an ultra-expensive solution for the segment of selected MacBook owners; in a very compact package, it turned out to combine two large connectors with support for a fairly high reading speed. Metal case, like the previous models with two interfaces, increases the reliability and security of the drive.
The only unpleasant moment is the recording speed, it is low, but you need to take into account the dimensions of the device again, a faster controller would simply overheat with such body sizes.
Thank you for your attention, stay with Kingston on Geektimes.ru!
I'll start with the price. Yandex.Market says that you can buy such a drive a little more than one thousand rubles. The price starts from 1009 rubles . If you draw an analogy with the "classic" flash drives, it is easy to understand that the microDuo 3C will be more expensive than conventional 2.0 drives and lower in price than high-speed 3.0 devices.
Traditionally a few words about packaging. Transparent plastic blister, absolutely standard type of delivery of USB drives. Inside, besides the flash drive itself, there is still a small strap for fixing on the key ring or key ring.
')
Flash drives with two interfaces is not new, Kingston has options with microUSB, and with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 support . Now it is the turn of the new - USB 3.1 Type C - interface.
Positioning the USB Type C standard itself involves the use of drives with mobile devices and the transfer of data to ordinary computers. New Apple MacBooks have not yet received wide distribution, many manufacturers are in no hurry to release updated devices (although there are already devices from both Google and Nokia).
For Kingston microDuo 3C, the following specifications are stated:
- Storage capacity: 16, 32 or 64 gigabytes
- Standards support: USB 2.0, 3.0, 3.1
- Read speed: up to 100 MB / s
- Write speed: up to 10 MB / s (for 16 GB), up to 15 MB / s (for 32 and 64 GB)
- Warranty period: 5 years
For testing, I had to sort out the stand, which is now a little different from what I usually use. The fact is that the new interface has not yet received due distribution, and MSI Z97A Gaming 6 is the only available motherboard in Russia. On it is wired controller ASMedia ASM1142, which provides support for the interface USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbit / s)
Test stand
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790S
- Motherboard: MSi Z97A Gaming6
- RAM: Kingston HyperX Predator DDR3-2800 2 * 4 Gb
- System SSD: HyperX Predator PCI-E SSD 480 Gb
- Video card: ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix
- Power supply: Corsair AX1200i, 1200W
- Operating system: Windows 8.1 Professional (64-bit)
The real disk capacity is 31 466 323 968 bytes, which, when converted, gives about 29.3 gigabytes. The drive uses Toshiba TLC type memory and a Phison PS2307 controller, which is used in many USB flash drives manufactured by Kingston.
You can connect a USB flash drive by either side, because the USB Type C connector is symmetrical. The drive sits very tightly in the slot, it requires a little effort to remove it.
A set of test applications:
- ATTO disk benchmark 2.4.7
- Crystal Disk Mark 4.0.3
- Teracopy
ATTO disk benchmark 2.4.7
Synthetic test to assess the correctness of the speeds declared by the manufacturer. Actually, most of the data listed on the boxes of flash drives and SSD from different manufacturers, it was obtained using ATTO Disk Benchmark.
Crystal Disk Mark 4.0.3
This test allows you to evaluate the drive in four modes: linear read / write, read / write blocks in 4K, linear read / write at a queue depth of 32 commands, read / write blocks in 4K at a queue depth of 32 commands.
Teracopy
To evaluate the real performance, I wrote down The Hobbit movie on the BDRemux flash drive. Battle Of Five Armies (file size 28,851,025 kilobytes) and recorded the time during which the movie is copied to the drive.
Final Thoughts
The first swallow turned out quite fast and beautiful. The flash drive did not become an ultra-expensive solution for the segment of selected MacBook owners; in a very compact package, it turned out to combine two large connectors with support for a fairly high reading speed. Metal case, like the previous models with two interfaces, increases the reliability and security of the drive.
The only unpleasant moment is the recording speed, it is low, but you need to take into account the dimensions of the device again, a faster controller would simply overheat with such body sizes.
MicroDuo 3C video
Thank you for your attention, stay with Kingston on Geektimes.ru!
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