• Corsair Flash Voyager GT 16 GB

    Corsair Flash Voyager GT 16 GB

    Jayesh Limaye, Jan 08, 2009 1320 hrs IST

    This rugged drive is supposed to be pretty fast, but is it really? Read on to find out.

    Fast read speeds, Shockproof and splashproof rubber jacket, USB extension cable.

    Slow write speeds, Lacks any "real" security feature or software bundle.

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Performance


 


 



The Synthetic Test


 


 


HDTach RW 3.0.1.0 is a low-level test that does not require the drive to have a file system.


 


 


 


 





 


 



The average read speeds were found to be 26.2 MB/s, while the average write speeds were 12.8 MB/s, which are good scores.


 


 



We then used ATTO Disk Benchmark to test the performance of this drive. This benchmark tests the read as well as write speeds of the drive in a much more comprehensive way than the other benchmarks we've been using thus far. We configured it to transfer data in blocks of size ranging from 0.5 KB to 1 MB.


 


 


 


 



 


 

The results of the ATTO benchmark


 



Note that when you transfer block files bigger from 64 KB, you will reach a steady write speed of around 11.5 MB/s, which is pretty fast. But the read speeds for block sizes of 64 KB and over are around 26.5 MB/s, which are among the fastest we have seen in a USB Flash drive.
 


 


 


The ReadyBoost feature of Windows Vista requires a Hi-Speed USB Flash drive that can at least do 2.5 MB/s for 4 KB random reads, and 1.75 MB/s for 512 KB random writes, in addition to a response time of less than 1 ms. If the drive is to be designated as "enhanced for ReadyBoost", it should support 5 MB/s for random 4K reads and 3 MB/s for random 512 KB writes. We can deduce from the ATTO benchmark results that this drive is more than capable of ReadyBoost.


 


 



SiSoftware Sandra is another popular industry standard benchmark and we used the Removable Storage module to test the drive performance.


 


 


 



 


 

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(4) Comments
sachin
,dellhi, on Jan 10, 2009 08:44 AM
voyagers are available at Computer Empire,nehru place ,new delhi and disributed by ktech distributions check corsair site..
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sachin
,dellhi, on Jan 10, 2009 08:39 AM
voyagers are available at Computer Empire,nehru place ,new delhi anddisributed by ktech distributions
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djsays
,Mumbai, on Jan 09, 2009 08:16 PM
The price you have mentioned is of Corsair Voyager 16GB NON GT drive and not this reviewed GT product. And I second the Reviewer's view that this drive is not value for money. Get the non gt version for a lot less (Rs. 1.5K). Both GT and Non GT versions are MLC based hence, not worth it. If the GT version was SLC then, it would have rocked.
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suhail
,Delhi, on Jan 08, 2009 09:31 PM
This drive is actually priced on street at 1550 Rs. Its is amazingly fast and even the normal corsair voyager in 8gb variety is usable for ready boost.
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