TEST: Kioxia TransMemory U301 64GB USB flash drive

Here you can find a detailed performance and benchmark test of the USB flash drive TransMemory U301 with 64GB (LU301W064GG4) from Kioxia.

Score
0

Price/GB
0,28 €

Technical data
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Manufacturer	Kioxia
Model number	LU301W064GG4
Storage capacity	64 GB (58 GiB)
Read speed	110 MB/s
Write speed	10 MB/s
Connection	USB Typ A
Price	ca. 18 USD (= 0,28 $ / GB)
Paid link	Buy on Amazon

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Compared to the top performer*

Read speed

33 %

Write speed

8 %

*) Test result evaluated according to AS SSD Score within the same size.

AS SSD Benchmark

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed using a 1 GB file. A total score of 0 points was achieved.

AS SSD TEST: Kioxia TransMemory U301 64GB

AS SSD	Read:	Write:
Seq in megabytes per second	128,86 MB/s	16,60 MB/s
4K in megabytes per second	0,00 MB/s	0,00 MB/s
4K-64Thrd in megabytes per second	0,00 MB/s	0,00 MB/s
Access time in milliseconds	0,000 ms	0,000 ms
Score	0	0
Total score	0

The AS SSD benchmark could not be completed with an overall score of 0 (zero). The reason for this is that the 4K values were extremely poor - around 0.01 MB/s - and the benchmark tool would take days to pass the 1 GB test. Such USB sticks are not suitable for everyday use and it is better to invest a little more in a drive with better 4K rates.

Copy Performance Test

A common everyday situation is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

ISO (folder with two large files)
Program (folder with many small files)
Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using the Windows Copy command (the cache remains enabled). The practical test of March 01, 2021 shows the performance for simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better the performance.

AS SSD Copy-Benchmark	Transfer rate:	Duration:
ISO two large files	16,06 MB/s	66,89 s
Program many small files	8,82 MB/s	159,51 s
Game small and large files	13,26 MB/s	104,14 s

Compression Performance Test

This measures the write and read speed of the Kioxia USB flash drive, depending on the compressibility of the data (according to the manufacturer, these should be 110 MB/s and 10 MB/s respectively ).

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Here, two sequential and two random performance tests are performed, similar to the ones performed on the AS SSD.

CDM	Read [MB/s]	Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M Q8T1	136,08	16,53
SEQ1M Q1T1	135,96	18,40
RND4K Q32T16	13,74	0,00
RND4K Q1T1	13,05	0,00

Input/Output operations per second

CDM	Read [IOPS]	Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M Q8T1	129,80	15,80
SEQ1M Q1T1	129,70	17,60
RND4K Q32T16	3.355,20	0,50
RND4K Q1T1	3.186,30	0,70

Average latency

CDM	Read [µs]	Write [µs]
SEQ1M Q8T1	61.261,10	391.930,00
SEQ1M Q1T1	7.701,28	54.952,40
RND4K Q32T16	95.223,20	1.817.260,00
RND4K Q1T1	313,54	365.509,00

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 1 GB file to the 64 GB Kioxia USB flash drive. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The determined access time and burst rate are also displayed.

HD Tune TEST: Kioxia TransMemory U301 64GB

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written several times to the 64 GB Kioxia USB flash drive. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster they were written and read.

The benchmark test was performed on March 01, 2021.
Information about the test system can be found at the bottom of the home page.
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