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We highlight the best USB flash drive in terms of balanced performance and value for money using current prices, sequential read, sequential write , 4k read and 4k write speed. The speeds are combined to form a single effective speed which measures performance for tasks such as copying photos, music and videos. Effective speed is adjusted by current price and capacity to yield value for money. Finally thousands of individual user ratings are used to validate our benchmark figures.^{[USBFlashPro]}

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Why is bigger better?

Larger capacity drives often have higher write speeds... more

What are the main factors to look out for?

Speed, price, capacity, USB version and weight... more

Do dimensions matter?

Sometimes flash drives can obstruct adjacent USB ports on your computer... more

File system considerations?

FAT32 is more portable but NTFS is both more secure and works with individual files larger than 4GB... more

Why should USB 2.0 Flash Drives be avoided?

USB 3.0 is the future aware choice in today's market... more

What is effective USB Flash Drive speed?

A measure of how responsive a Flash Drive is to typical user access patterns. Sandisk Extreme 64GB ≈ 100%... more

What is the Flash Drive value for money rating?

A measure of real world Flash Drive performance and capacity per unit cost... more

How do you install an OS from a USB flash drive?

Use a utility to create a bootable USB then set your BIOS to boot from it... more

What is incompressible data?

Data that cannot be compressed e.g. most music, video and image file formats... more

What is sequential read speed?

A measure of how quickly large files can be read from a device... more

What is sequential write speed?

A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device... more

What’s the difference between NAND and V-NAND?

NAND and V-NAND are both types of flash memory which is a class of non-volatile memory that retains data even in the absence of an electrical current... more

What’s the difference between SATA, PCIe and NVMe?

NVMe, AHCI and IDE are transfer protocols (languages). They run on top of transfer interfaces such as PCIe or SATA (spoken, written)... more

What is 3D XPoint and how fast is it?

3D XPoint is the name given by Intel and Micron to their jointly developed, revolutionary storage technology as employed in Intel’s Optane memory... more

What’s the difference between SLC, MLC and TLC?

In terms or write performance, durability and price SLC > MLC > TLC... more

What is sustained sequential write speed?

A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device... more

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» «		User rating %	Value %	Avg. bench %	Capacity	Peak write MB/s	Peak 4k-W MB/s	Age months	Price	»
1	SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB Samples 4.5k	▲ 83 ▼ 100^th		73 27 - 111 99^th	64GB 59^th	188 97^th	8.9 97^th	88 5^th
2	SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB Samples 3.4k	▲ 73 ▼ 100^th		58.5 24 - 92 98^th	32GB 52^nd	117 90^th	10.1 98^th	88 5^th
3	SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB Samples 1.9k	▲ 66 ▼ 100^th		60.1 27 - 81 98^th	16GB 41^st	62 70^th	10.1 98^th	88 5^th
4	SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB Samples 7.1k	▲ 66 ▼ 100^th	24 59^th	25.4 11 - 38 76^th	32GB 52^nd	93.9 78^th	3.5 94^th	62 95^th	₪50 67^th
5	Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB Samples 1.1k	▲ 64 ▼ 99^th	22.4 55^th	17.1 8 - 31 60^th	32GB 52^nd	50.7 67^th	1.4 53^rd	79 9^th	₪36 77^th
6	Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 64GB Samples 387	▲ 64 ▼ 99^th		48.8 11 - 92 97^th	64GB 59^th	246 99^th	1 44^th	56 97^th
7	SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB Samples 4.8k	▲ 63 ▼ 99^th	21.9 53^rd	21.4 10 - 30 69^th	16GB 41^st	43.5 63^rd	2.7 92^nd	62 95^th	₪23 95^th
8	Lexar JumpDrive P10 USB 3.0 64GB Samples 60	▲ 61 ▼ 99^th		48.6 12 - 82 97^th	64GB 59^th	231 99^th	1.1 46^th	77 10^th
9	SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB Samples 6.6k	▲ 61 ▼ 99^th	30.6 69^th	26.5 11 - 39 79^th	64GB 59^th	89.7 76^th	3.1 94^th	62 95^th	₪83 48^th
10	Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB Samples 863	▲ 61 ▼ 99^th		24.5 10 - 38 75^th	32GB 52^nd	56.4 68^th	1.12 47^th	66 73^rd
11	Lexar JumpDrive P10 USB 3.0 32GB Samples 65	▲ 60 ▼ 98^th		58.3 13 - 91 97^th	32GB 52^nd	215 98^th	1.5 56^th	77 10^th
12	Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 16GB Samples 1k	▲ 60 ▼ 98^th		17.1 8 - 28 60^th	16GB 41^st	23 39^th	0.24 25^th	96 2^nd
13	Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 32GB Samples 176	▲ 60 ▼ 98^th		34.8 11 - 70 90^th	32GB 52^nd	133 91^st	1 44^th	56 97^th
14	Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 32GB Samples 500	▲ 60 ▼ 98^th		32.3 11 - 51 88^th	32GB 52^nd	65.3 70^th	1.7 61^st	87 6^th
15	Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 USB 3.0 16GB Samples 368	▲ 59 ▼ 98^th		25.3 10 - 40 76^th	16GB 41^st	47.4 65^th	0.6 32^nd	88 6^th
16	Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 16GB Samples 1.1k	▲ 59 ▼ 98^th	14.3 42^nd	16.6 7 - 32 57^th	16GB 41^st	45 64^th	1.43 54^th	89 5^th	₪28 91^st
17	SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB Samples 18k	▲ 59 ▼ 98^th	41.5 76^th	26.1 11 - 37 78^th	32GB 52^nd	8.45 7^th	0.08 16^th	75 11^th	₪30 89^th
18	Lexar JumpDrive P10 USB 3.0 16GB Samples 33	▲ 58 ▼ 97^th		33.5 9 - 61 89^th	16GB 41^st	161 95^th	1.4 53^rd	77 10^th
19	Lacie XtremKey USB 3.0 64GB Samples 4	▲ 58 ▼ 97^th		45.1 41 - 52 96^th	64GB 59^th	140 92^nd	0.04 13^th	81 8^th
20	Adata DashDrive Elite UE700 USB 3.0 64GB Samples 296	▲ 58 ▼ 97^th	28.6 63^rd	32.7 10 - 50 89^th	64GB 59^th	92 77^th	0.33 27^th	78 9^th	₪109 35^th
21	Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB Samples 613	▲ 57 ▼ 97^th		40.9 10 - 80 94^th	64GB 59^th	109 87^th	1.15 47^th	95 3^rd
22	Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate G3 USB 3.0 32GB Samples 422	▲ 57 ▼ 97^th		26.4 9 - 46 79^th	32GB 52^nd	74 72^nd	0.2 22^nd	81 8^th
23	Corsair Flash Survivor USB 3.0 16GB Samples 74	▲ 57 ▼ 97^th		16.5 9 - 36 56^th	16GB 41^st	21 38^th	0.1 16^th	95 3^rd
24	Corsair Flash Voyager USB 3.0 16GB Samples 245	▲ 57 ▼ 97^th		17.3 8 - 37 60^th	16GB 41^st	22 39^th	0.18 21^st	102 1^st
25	Kingston DataTraveler SE9 USB 2.0 16GB Samples 980	▲ 57 ▼ 97^th	7.2 27^th	5.47 4 - 7 13^th	16GB 41^st	5.56 2^nd	0.4 28^th	94 3^rd	₪18 98^th
26	Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 64GB Samples 246	▲ 57 ▼ 97^th		32.2 10 - 60 88^th	64GB 59^th	105 86^th	0.15 20^th	87 6^th
27	Lexar JumpDrive Triton USB 3.0 16GB Samples 24	▲ 56 ▼ 96^th		29.8 11 - 47 86^th	16GB 41^st	106 86^th	0.3 26^th	93 4^th
28	SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB Samples 10k	▲ 56 ▼ 96^th	23.8 58^th	22.6 11 - 35 71^st	16GB 41^st	8.85 8^th	0.08 16^th	81 9^th	₪23 97^th
29	Lacie RuggedKey USB 3.0 16GB Samples 19	▲ 56 ▼ 96^th		22 10 - 38 70^th	16GB 41^st	45 64^th	0.31 27^th	86 7^th
30	Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 64GB Samples 393	▲ 55 ▼ 95^th	39.4 74^th	23.2 9 - 43 72^nd	64GB 59^th	94.2 78^th	1.4 53^rd	105 1^st	₪56 62^nd
31	Sony Micro Vault Mach USB 3.0 16GB Samples 177	▲ 55 ▼ 95^th		23.7 8 - 43 73^rd	16GB 41^st	24 40^th	0.21 24^th	93 4^th
32	SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB Samples 1.1k	▲ 55 ▼ 95^th		76.5 19 - 121 99^th	128GB 63^rd	215 98^th	11.6 98^th	66+ 79^th
33	Patriot Supersonic Pulse USB 3.0 16GB Samples 24	▲ 55 ▼ 95^th		9.65 6 - 16 33^rd	16GB 41^st	12 19^th	0.13 20^th	96 2^nd
34	Hama Probo USB 3.0 16GB Samples 14	▲ 55 ▼ 95^th		13.3 10 - 19 41^st	16GB 41^st	36 47^th	0.11 19^th	96 2^nd
35	SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1 128GB Samples 339	▲ 55 ▼ 95^th	80 96^th	64 21 - 128 99^th	128GB 63^rd	250 100^th	12.1 98^th	32+ 99^th	₪152 24^th
36	Adata Nobility N005 Pro USB 3.0 32GB Samples 58	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th		23.1 11 - 37 72^nd	32GB 52^nd	48 66^th	0.1 16^th	110 0^th
37	Lexar JumpDrive Triton USB 3.0 32GB Samples 38	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th		33.8 10 - 55 90^th	32GB 52^nd	115 89^th	0.21 24^th	93 4^th
38	Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate USB 3.0 16GB Samples 86	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th		25.2 11 - 36 76^th	16GB 41^st	69 71^st	0.7 34^th	98 2^nd
39	Lexar JumpDrive S23 USB 3.0 32GB Samples 420	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th		20.2 9 - 32 68^th	32GB 52^nd	48 66^th	0.6 32^nd	81 8^th
40	Verbatim Store n Go V3 Max USB 3.0 16GB Samples 24	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th	6.71 25^th	25.2 9 - 50 76^th	16GB 41^st	42.6 62^nd	0.01 4^th	77 10^th	₪89 43^rd
41	Verbatim Store n Go V3 Max USB 3.0 64GB Samples 39	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th	21.5 52^nd	27.6 9 - 47 80^th	64GB 59^th	80 73^rd	1.4 53^rd	77 10^th	₪122 31^st
42	Patriot Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 16GB Samples 131	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th	9.19 32^nd	12.6 9 - 19 40^th	16GB 41^st	19 36^th	0.7 34^th	91 4^th	₪33 82^nd
43	Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 32GB Samples 1k	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th	29.2 65^th	20.8 10 - 30 69^th	32GB 52^nd	48 66^th	1.1 46^th	105 1^st	₪34 80^th
44	Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 16GB Samples 307	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th		11.1 8 - 14 38^th	16GB 41^st	21 38^th	0.21 24^th	93 4^th
45	Patriot Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 16GB Samples 61	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th		15.1 9 - 20 49^th	16GB 41^st	25 41^st	0.02 8^th	99 1^st
46	Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 64GB Samples 1k	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th	31.5 70^th	21.6 9 - 36 70^th	64GB 59^th	92.6 77^th	0.8 37^th	57 97^th	₪65 56^th
47	Silicon Power Blaze B10 USB 3.0 16GB Samples 143	▲ 54 ▼ 94^th		11 7 - 15 37^th	16GB 41^st	20 37^th	0.2 22^nd	98 2^nd
48	Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 16GB Samples 76	▲ 53 ▼ 92^nd		20.8 9 - 31 69^th	16GB 41^st	46.4 65^th	0.98 44^th	87 6^th
49	Kingston DataTraveler Elite USB 3.0 16GB Samples 95	▲ 53 ▼ 92^nd		16.5 11 - 23 57^th	16GB 41^st	36 47^th	0.46 29^th	90 5^th
50	Adata Nobility N005 Pro USB 3.0 16GB Samples 32	▲ 53 ▼ 92^nd		16.9 10 - 28 59^th	16GB 41^st	24 40^th	0.23 25^th	110 0^th

The Best.

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $143	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $275	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $57
Intel Core i5-9600K $234	Nvidia GTX 1660 $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $107
Intel Core i7-9700K $350	Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super) $430	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $160

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $78	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $83	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

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