Kingston XS1000 External SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Kingston XS10003. ATTO/CrystalDiskMark/AS SSD4. Throughput5. PCMark 10 Data Drive Benchmark6. Real Life File Transfers7. Import / Export8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

We also tested the time it took to import and export a mix of files from/to the XS1000 into various programs.

The programmes we used were:

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Adobe Photoshop
• VideoPad
• Audacity

We also timed backing up a Win 10 installation onto the XS1000.

Kingston's XS1000 shows strong performance for the load / save tests. The 8m 26s time for the complete Windows 10 backup (100GB) procedure was impressive for an external drive.

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