SanDisk Ultra Luxe 32GB USB flash drive

Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the USB flash drive Ultra Luxe with 32GB (SDCZ74-032G-G46) from the brand SanDisk.

Performance score 
44
Price/GB
0.59 $
Read
150 MB/s
Write
60 MB/s
Connector
USB Typ A
Interface
USB 3.2 1x1
Technical specifications (manufacturer information)
Product image Product image Ultra Luxe
Manufacturer SanDisk  
Model number SDCZ74-032G-G46
Capacity 32 GB (29 GiB)
Read speed 150 MB/s
Write speed 60 MB/s
Interface USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 (5 Gbit/s)
Connector USB Typ A
Controller n/a

  Current price
~ 19 $
(= 0.59 $ / GB)
Compare product Compared to the test winner*
Read speed
37 %
Write speed
48 %
*) Test result rated by AS SSD score within the same capacity.

We put the 32 GB SanDisk 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 44 points was achieved.

AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: SanDisk Ultra Luxe 32GB
AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
143.94 MB/s
58.11 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
5.87 MB/s
0.55 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
5.23 MB/s
0.80 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
1.487 ms
7.740 ms
Score
25
7
Total score 
44

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 17 November 2020 shows performance during simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: SanDisk Ultra Luxe 32GB
AS SSD Copy Benchmark Transfer rate: Duration:
ISO
two large files
25.25 MB/s
42.54 s
Program
typical program folder with many small files
11.26 MB/s
124.94 s
Game
a game folder with small and large files
19.97 MB/s
69.16 s

Compression performance test

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

AS SSD TEST: SanDisk Ultra Luxe 32GB

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are carried out here and the write and read speed (manufacturer: 150 MB/s and 60 MB/s) the SanDisk USB flash drive is determined.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: SanDisk Ultra Luxe 32GB
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
151.71
59.30
SEQ1M
Q1T1
152.27
57.78
RND4K
Q32T16
7.70
2.33
RND4K
Q1T1
7.33
2.02

IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)

CDM Read [IOPS] Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
144.70
56.60
SEQ1M
Q1T1
145.20
55.10
RND4K
Q32T16
1,878.70
568.80
RND4K
Q1T1
1,788.30
492.90

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
54,971.40
139,692.00
SEQ1M
Q1T1
6,879.48
18,099.10
RND4K
Q32T16
132,946.00
276,246.00
RND4K
Q1T1
558.69
2,027.30

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.

HD Tune endurance test TEST: SanDisk Ultra Luxe 32GB

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 1 GB file to the 32 GB SanDisk 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: SanDisk Ultra Luxe 32GB

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written to the 32 GB SanDisk 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: SanDisk Ultra Luxe 32GB

SSD-Z Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the 32 GB SanDisk 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: SanDisk Ultra Luxe 32GB


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