TEST: PNY Attaché 4 256GB USB flash drive

Here you can find a detailed performance and benchmark test of the USB flash drive Attaché 4 with 256GB (FD256ATT431KK-EF) from PNY.

Score
0

Price/GB
0,09 €

Technical data
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Manufacturer	PNY
Model number	FD256ATT431KK-EF
Storage capacity	256 GB (232 GiB)
Read speed	80 MB/s
Write speed	20 MB/s
Connection	USB Typ A
Price	ca. 22 USD (= 0,09 $ / GB)
Paid link	Buy on Amazon

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Compared to the top performer*

Read speed

10 %

Write speed

1 %

*) 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	Read:	Write:
Seq in megabytes per second	97,07 MB/s	9,57 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 October 26, 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	9,75 MB/s	110,13 s
Program many small files	6,07 MB/s	231,72 s
Game small and large files	8,65 MB/s	159,63 s

Compression Performance Test

This measures the write and read speed of the PNY USB flash drive, depending on the compressibility of the data (according to the manufacturer, these should be 80 MB/s and 20 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	103,65	10,48
SEQ1M Q1T1	103,52	7,74
RND4K Q32T16	6,90	0,00
RND4K Q1T1	6,88	0,01

Input/Output operations per second

CDM	Read [IOPS]	Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M Q8T1	98,80	10,00
SEQ1M Q1T1	98,70	7,40
RND4K Q32T16	1.685,10	0,70
RND4K Q1T1	1.680,40	1,20

Average latency

CDM	Read [µs]	Write [µs]
SEQ1M Q8T1	80.202,60	745.484,00
SEQ1M Q1T1	10.113,00	134.612,00
RND4K Q32T16	195.898,00	2.356.980,00
RND4K Q1T1	594,73	635.990,00

HD Tune Pro Endurance test

This is a long term test to make full use of the memory capacity. You can see when a cache is full and the writing performance decreases.

HD Tune Endurance Test TEST: PNY Attaché 4 256GB

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 1 GB file to the 256 GB PNY 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.

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written several times to the 256 GB PNY 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.

SSD-Z Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the 256 GB PNY USB flash drive here. The transfer data is displayed. The more constant the line, the better.

The benchmark test was performed on October 26, 2021.
Information about the test system can be found at the bottom of the home page.
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