Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB USB 2.0 Gt Compatible with Windows & Mac formats Plug & Play
by Corsair
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Category: CE
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Manufacturer: CorsairFormat: CD
Model: CMFUSB-16GBGT
Product features:
- Storage Capacity: 16GB
- Host Interface: USB 2.0 - USB
- Additional Information: Reading Speed: 30 MB/s; Writing Speed: 16 MB/s
- Form Factor: External
- Standard Warranty: 10 Year
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Customer Review: Disappointing performance
Summary: 2 Stars
The Corsair GT series is marketed as high performance USB drives using high speed flash memory. I bought this model intending to use it as a bootable diagnostic tool, however I am terribly disappointed with the performance. In trying to find out why this drive is so slow, I discovered this lovely little quote on [...]:
Q » Why isn't my 16GB GT as fast as other GT flash drives from Corsair?
A » For various reasons, we're no longer using the chips that we used in previous versions. This results in a "slower" drive but we believe it's the fastest 16GB flash drive currently available on the market. For a much more detailed explanation, see our forum post on the topic here: [...]
This would have been nice to know before paying a premium for this drive. Here's the numbers (CrystalDiskMark 2.2):
Corsair Voyager 4GB:
Sequential Read: 34.40 MB/sec
Sequential Write: 7.08 MB/sec
512kb Random Read: 34.30 MB/sec
512kb Random Read: 1.47 MB/sec
4kb Random Read: 7.05 MB/sec
4kb Random Write: 0.01 MB/sec
Corsair GT 16GB:
Sequential Read: 33.51 MB/sec
Sequential Write: 14.04 MB/sec
512kb Random Read: 33.46 MB/sec
512kb Random Read: 2.59 MB/sec
4kb Random Read: 8.05 MB/sec
4kb Random Write: 0.02 MB/sec
Save your money and buy a regular 16 GB flash drive.
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