Kingston Data Traveler Ultimate 64GB USB 3.0 review

1. Introduction2. The Kingston Data Traveler Ultimate 64GB Drive3. Testing Methodology and Atto Testing4. HD Tune Pro and CrystalMark5. Real World Testing6. Closing Thoughts7. View All Pages

To test today it is obviously important we use a USB 3.0 capable motherboard. We are not in a position yet to compare against other USB 3.0 drives as this is the first we have received for review.

Motherboard: ASRock P55 Extreme4 Motherboard (1.23 bios)
CPU: Intel Core i5 750 @ 4ghz (50% ASRock overclocked setting)
Memory: ADATA 4GB DDR3 2200mhz
PSU: Thermaltake XT775W
Chassis: Bitfenix Colossus
Graphics Card: HIS HD5870 iCooler V Turbo
Cooler: Thermaltake Frio
Thermal Paste: Noctua NT H1
Hard Drive: OCZ Agility 2 120GB SSD

As many people might be buying this with a future motherboard upgrade planned we are going to test the drive in both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 modes.

Our Atto results were extremely impressive as we exceeded the rated speeds on the packaging, showing the strength of both the Kingston Data Traveler and the USB 3.0 controller on the ASrock motherboard. Kingston rate the drive at 80 mb/s read and 60 mb/s write and we managed to peak at around 91 mb/s read and 70mb/s write with the ATTO benchmark. USB 2.0 speeds are obviously much slower with read speeds over 30 MB/s and write speeds around 25 MB/s – not a USB 2.0 class leader, but still quick.

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