Netac US9 512GB USB flash drive

Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the USB flash drive US9 with 512GB (NC-US9-512GB) from the brand Netac.

Performance score 
935
Price/GB
0.10 $
Read
1,000 MB/s
Write
950 MB/s
Connector
USB Typ A+C
Interface
USB 3.2 2x1
Technical specifications (manufacturer information)
Product image Product image US9
Manufacturer Netac  
Model number NC-US9-512GB
Capacity 512 GB (477 GiB)
pSLC cache 130 GB approx.
Read speed 1000 MB/s
Write speed 950 MB/s
Interface USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10 Gbit/s)
Connector USB Typ A+C
Controller n/a

Product
Score
Price
  Current price
~ 50 $
(= 0.10 $ / GB)
Compare product Compared to the test winner*
Read speed
100 %
Write speed
100 %
*) Test result rated by AS SSD score within the same capacity.

We put the 512 GB Netac USB flash drive through a detailed test. You can find the test result / test report here:


AS SSD Benchmark

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 1 GB file. A total score of 935 points was achieved.

AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Netac US9 512GB
AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
1,016.07 MB/s
964.68 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
28.84 MB/s
77.56 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
179.79 MB/s
283.78 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0.049 ms
0.101 ms
Score
310
458
Total score 
935

Copy performance test

A common everyday scenario 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 (cache remains enabled). The real-world test from 24 September 2024 shows performance during simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: Netac US9 512GB
AS SSD Copy Benchmark Transfer rate: Duration:
ISO
two large files
624.04 MB/s
1.72 s
Program
typical program folder with many small files
194.02 MB/s
7.25 s
Game
a game folder with small and large files
437.20 MB/s
3.16 s

Compression performance test

Here, speed is measured depending on how compressible the data is.

AS SSD TEST: Netac US9 512GB

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are carried out here and the write and read speed (manufacturer: 1000 MB/s and 950 MB/s) the Netac USB flash drive is determined.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Netac US9 512GB
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
1,089.47
1,026.52
SEQ1M
Q1T1
1,030.54
982.83
RND4K
Q32T16
200.53
330.72
RND4K
Q1T1
37.05
84.59

IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)

CDM Read [IOPS] Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
1,039.00
979.00
SEQ1M
Q1T1
982.80
937.30
RND4K
Q32T16
48,957.50
80,741.90
RND4K
Q1T1
9,046.40
20,652.10

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
7,690.20
8,152.10
SEQ1M
Q1T1
1,017.06
1,066.40
RND4K
Q32T16
10,437.30
6,335.59
RND4K
Q1T1
110.37
48.31

HD Tune Pro long-term test

A long-term test was performed to fully utilize the storage. You can see from when a possible cache is full and write performance drops. A test file of 150 GB was written to the medium. After approx. 130 GB, the cache was full and performance was throttled.
The test file could at least be read with an average read speed of 1,044 MB/s and written at 326 MB/s.

HD Tune endurance test TEST: Netac US9 512GB

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 1 GB file to the 512 GB Netac USB flash drive. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The measured access time and burst rate are also shown.

HD Tune TEST: Netac US9 512GB

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written to the 512 GB Netac USB flash drive multiple times. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster writing and reading usually becomes.

ATTO Disk Benchmark TEST: Netac US9 512GB

SSD-Z Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the 512 GB Netac USB flash drive here. The transfer data is displayed. The more consistent the line, the better. Unfortunately, the tool no longer works correctly from around 4,000 MB/s and no line is displayed (and sometimes incorrect min/max data is shown).

SSD-Z TEST: Netac US9 512GB


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