Pendrive Problem

[Vivek.28]

Hi !,
Yesterday I purchased a Kingston DT102 / 4Gb pendrive. On use, the data transfer speeds I'm getting are:

Read: 21Mbps (average)
Write: 5Mbps (average)

I'm not able to understand why the write speed of the drive is so slow. A friend of mine who had recently purchased a drive of the same make & size, is experiencing the same problem.

Please help me regarding further action.

[6x6]

What is your own read and write speed in characters per minute
Read and write speeds are written on every pen drive packing/manual. and read speed is always higher than write speed.

[Vivek.28]

The readings I posted are the ones I'm getting on doing transfers on my system as well as a laptop of a friend of mine.

I posted this as a problem because the write speeds I'm getting are way too low. I mean it's about 12-15 Mbps avg.

Should I go in for a check at the Kingston service center ?

[Sarvesh]

Should I go in for a check at the Kingston service center ?

Instead check on their website for specs First !!

Speed depends on the size of the files you transfer - if you transfer small files of 1mb it will be too slow - whereas if you transfer 200mb it will be faster.

[Dark Core]

@Sarvesh
+1, Totally agreed;
@Vivek.28
Check your transfer rate wth a file of larger size! And Post your results Pal!

[sujoyp]

Its website says 10mbps read and 5mbps write

Speed1 — data transfer rates of 10 MB/sec. read and 5 MB/sec. write (16 GB and 32 GB capacities only)

http://www.kingston.com/ukroot/flash/dt102.asp?id=2

how do u know it should write at 12mbps??

[Sarvesh]

Its website says 10mbps read and 5mbps write

This means its working fine

Originally Posted by Vivek.28

Hi !,
Yesterday I purchased a Kingston DT102 / 4Gb pendrive. On use, the data transfer speeds I'm getting are:

Read: 21Mbps (average)
Write: 5Mbps (average)