USB speed not fast enough!!! ANSWER ASAP!

[Iver Hicarte]

I recently bought a USB flash drive, the one from sandisk which you can look for here: https://www.sandisk.com/home/mobile-device-storage/ultra-dual-usb-drive-3 if you look at the page of the product, they mentioned that it has 150mb per second of speed, but personally, when I use the usb when I'm moving 5 files to that usb, the speed is only 100mb per second, not 150mb per second. Where is the extra 50mb of speed. Maybe I bought the wrong version of the usb, the usb is version 3.0, while my motherboard's usb ports are in 3.1. Is it possible that it has something to do with the version of the flash drive and my motherboard. I'm using windows 10 home as my OS btw.

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

 

[dudio]

Up to 150 MB speed is for READ, will be lower when you WRITE.

Per the link you gave, it's in the fine print.. you should READ IT ASAP !

"For 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB: Read speeds up to 150MB/s. For 16GB: Read speeds up to 130MB/s. Write speeds lower and vary by capacity."

 

[dudeman509]

I'd be impressed if my flash drives wrote that quickly to be honest.

 

[Iver Hicarte]

Up to 150 MB speed is for READ, will be lower when you WRITE.

Per the link you gave, it's in the fine print.. you should READ IT ASAP !

"For 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB: Read speeds up to 150MB/s. For 16GB: Read speeds up to 130MB/s. Write speeds lower and vary by capacity."

I'm kind of a noob, what is WRITE and READ, I know it has something to do with copying and pasting files.
Sorry if I posted a dumbass question on the forum.....hehehehe

 

[Iver Hicarte]

I'd be impressed if my flash drives wrote that quickly to be honest.

Is 100mb per second really fast? Should I be happy about the performance the flash drive is offering me? Because it seems that you're finding my flash drive quite fast.

 

[dudio]

Up to 150 MB speed is for READ, will be lower when you WRITE.

Per the link you gave, it's in the fine print.. you should READ IT ASAP !

"For 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB: Read speeds up to 150MB/s. For 16GB: Read speeds up to 130MB/s. Write speeds lower and vary by capacity."

I'm kind of a noob, what is WRITE and READ, I know it has something to do with copying and pasting files.
Sorry if I posted a dumbass question on the forum.....hehehehe

No worries, that is how you learn.
Read this for an explanation on Read/Write speeds:
https://www.lifewire.com/what-are-read-and-write-speeds-2640236

 

[BFG-9000]

Is 100mb per second really fast? Should I be happy about the performance the flash drive is offering me? Because it seems that you're finding my flash drive quite fast.

That's about what the Ultra tests at in benchmarks. The fast Sandisk models are the Extreme models which as you can see are more than twice as fast.

 

[madmatt30]

100mbps is very fast for a flash drive mate , close to portable hard drive speeds.

Honestly, cheaper flash drives are normally between 28-50mbps.

You should be happy with 100.

 

[Iver Hicarte]

Up to 150 MB speed is for READ, will be lower when you WRITE.

Per the link you gave, it's in the fine print.. you should READ IT ASAP !

"For 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB: Read speeds up to 150MB/s. For 16GB: Read speeds up to 130MB/s. Write speeds lower and vary by capacity."

I'm kind of a noob, what is WRITE and READ, I know it has something to do with copying and pasting files.
Sorry if I posted a dumbass question on the forum.....hehehehe

No worries, that is how you learn.
Read this for an explanation on Read/Write speeds:
https://www.lifewire.com/what-are-read-and-write-speeds-2640236

THANKS! Now I know what are READ and WRITE speeds are all about.