The test system used in this review was an HP 8200 Elite. The computer came equipped with an Intel Core i5-2400 CPU, 4GB of DDR3 1333MHz memory, Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3250312AS 250GB SATA 6 Gb/s hard drive, NVIDIA Quadro FX580 512MB PCIe graphics card, Intel 82567LM-3 gigabit network card and Patriot SuperSpeed USB PCIe host card. For the operating system, I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Enterprise.
To test the performance of the Verbatim Store 'n' Go SuperSpeed USB 3.0, I ran a series of benchmarks using CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1, HD Tach RW 3.0.4.0, ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.46 and HD Tune Pro 4.61.
CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1:
First, I ran a few quick tests using CrystalDiskMark. This benchmark tool measures the performance of a storage device by testing its sequential read and write speeds as well as its random read and write speeds using blocks 512K and 4K in size.
Verbatim Store 'n' Go - USB 3.0
Verbatim Store 'n' Go - USB 2.0
Verbatim doesn't really say what kind of speeds the Store 'n' Go is capable of. Using CrystalDiskMark we can see that the drive is able to read at 83 MB/s and write at 82.52 MB/s when connected to a USB 3.0 port.
HD Tach RW 3.0.4.0:
Next, I used HD Tach to test the Store 'n' Go's read, write and burst speeds as well as its seek times and CPU usage.
When connected to the computer's USB 3.0 port, the Store 'n' Go had average read and write speeds of 69.2 MB/s and 65.9 MB/s respectively, as well as a burst speed of 99.5 MB/s. The drive wasn't nearly as fast when using USB 2.0 though. Compared to what we saw with USB 3.0, the Store 'n' Go's read and write speeds dropped by more than half.
ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.46:
I also used ATTO Disk Benchmark to test the Store 'n' Go's sequential read and write speeds. The test was run using blocks ranging in size from 0.5KB to 8192KB and the total length set to 256MB.
 Verbatim Store 'n' Go - USB 3.0 |
 Verbatim Store 'n' Go - USB 2.0 |
When tested with ATTO, the Store 'n' Go's read speeds topped out at about 82 MB/s and its write speeds at 65 MB/s when connected using USB 3.0.
