The read and write speed of
USB flash drives vary between make and model.
If you are
planning to buy a new USB
flash drive, it is very useful to know its read/write speed.
In
addition, if you know the
read/write speed of your USB
flash drive, you will get an
idea how much time it would
take to complete a file transfer between USB drive and a PC.
Here is a little, simple to use
and portable benchmarking tool called USBFlashSpeed,
which lets you test your USB’s
read/write rate at different
data sizes and lets you know
how fast it is.
It tests USB flash drives at
different data levels, for
example 25 MB to 1 KB.
During
the test, the read/write data is
always marked on a graph, so
you will get an idea of read/ write speed of the USB at
various data transfer levels.
Using USBFlashSpeed is quite
useful. Just follow as described
below.
1. Plug in your USB flash drive
on your computer and run the benchmark application (no
installation needed).
2. Choose your USB flash drive
letter and start the benchmark.
Wait for results. You can also compare your
results with other results
published on the developer’s
site! USBFlashSpeed can be
downloaded free at
developer’s site here.