ARCANITE 128GB USB 3.1 Flash Drive, USB Memory Stick, optimal read speeds up to 400 MB/s

This is an excellent USB flash drive, fastest by far that I have come across.Write speeds sustained 125 MB/secRead speeds sustained 325 MB/s.This is using a modern PC with USB 3.1 with NVMe hard drive ( Intel NUC 8i3BEH).Using my 4 year old HP laptop which with USB 3.0 gives the same write speeds but for some reason the reads slow after 8 GB of transfer - not sure why this is it may be to do with my laptop .On my Mac Mini which is USB2 where it is hampered by the slow USB interface to 26 MB/sec writes & 37 MB/sec readsSo optimal performance depends upon your hardware.Screenshots attached

Am using this with Windows 11 installed so I can boot from the key and not destroy the Windows 10 install on the PC. That's very handy if your PC has a problem and can't boot for instance.All is good and read speed very consistent 400MB/s, twice as fast as a HDD.Windows 11 runs reasonably well, haven't tried Win10 yet.For twenty quid it's amazing VFM.

Neat and tidy, this USB stick is by far and away the fastest in both Read and Write speeds I've seen using my USB 3.0 ports on my MacBook Pro.A real 370 MBs read and 170 MBs write are excellent, and stunning value for money as far as I'm concerned.I bought the 128Gb stick and was so happy I've followed up and bought the 256Gb one too.Well recommended.

Blimey!This is one seriously impressive gadget. I’ve had a lot of trouble with USB 3 sticks recently; this seems to have nailed it.Background. I’ve 2 PNY 256GB sticks, now 3 years old, (one for music, one for films) plugged into the stereo and TV respectively, and got around 20-50 MB/s write speed copying multiple files over. They work perfectly/reliable.When I needed a couple of new sticks for general use, for high capacity, PNY seemed the obvious choice for 256GB, and any other ‘known’ brands would do for 128GB and smaller.For reference, USB 2.0 low capacity sticks I had knocking around achieved about 3-4, or 4-7 MB/s, and a Kingston 3.0 ‘Datatraveller G4, 8GB’ managed 7-10 (all tests using the same data, a 2GB sample of hefty music files).A Sandisk Ultra 3.0, 32GB, managed about 25-30, so OK. But a new PNY 256GB (that looked the same as the ones I already had) took ages to get started, then crawled along at minimal speeds (talking sub-USB 2 average here). So PNY have definitely changed something.A Kingston 128GB ‘Datatraveller 100’ just kept stopping and starting – when it went, the speed was a decent ca.50, but your average would never hit that. Other users (of various 3.0 drives) have reported this stopping/starting behaviour, and it’s apparently something due to ‘caches’. So why then do the old PNYs work, and the new 32GB Sandisk?Reformatting exFAT, FAT32, NTFS made no difference. Same behaviour both my PCs (Win 10, Win 7). Changed settings on Win 10 for optimal performance…nothing.Then I got a 128GB Arcanite. Preformatted as FAT32 (supposedly the worst), I got a write speed of 100-120. And my PC is ancient.Hence, the PNY and Kingston are going back. And I might get some more of these Arcanites, maybe try the larger capacity models.I’ve never had a failure with USB sticks (and I’ve got some over 15yrs old) which I put down to the lack of moving parts. So I’ve no reason to doubt the Arcanite there, either.EDIT: For larger volumers of data, say a write of 8Gb plus, I found it slowed down a bit, but it's still faster than the competition.

ARCANITE 128GB USB 3.1 Flash Drive tested... Speeds the same as advertised. Actually faster writing for a few GB's of writing.. 300MB/s for a short time. Speed pictures attached.Claimed to be 128GB but this one was only around 116GB after formatting and the usual manufacturers messing around with bits/bytes. HD Tune Pro showed it was actually a genuine 124 GB

Great value pen drives that deliver good tranfer rates almost on a par with my sandisk extreme drives.

Arrived today and I did a speed test to see if the stated speeds were accurate. The read figures actually exceed the manufacturers claims and while the write figures are excellent I believe it's because of the cache filling up. Transferring a larger 30GB file the write speed levelled out at 60 - 80 Mbps which is pretty good given the pricing. I was transferring to / from a PCie NVME which is fast. Overall it's good value for money providing it it has longevity.

I bought a second right after using it for a bit, I'm using them on my CDJ's in night clubs and they work a charm. The capacity is good and compatible with mac/windows as should be. I would recommend these to anyone for any purpose.

Clef rapide, dommage que les clefs ne disposent plus de led pour vérifier leur fonctionnement surtout en clef bootable...

I purchased the 128GB version.Pros: It performs fast with both read & writes. I measured an average of 350 MB/s read over various size files. The write speed performs best with larger file sizes about 350-370 MB/s, with many files 1-5MB sizes the write speed was high for the first couple hundred MB then slowed to as low as 55MB/s. I never saw a speed less than 55MB/s to/from this drive. Well worth it. I will buy again if I need another one.Cons: Separate cap easy to misplace, but it does clip on with a positive click though. So not really bad.Many of the bulk USB keys say fast speed but only imply the read speed; that almost always means the write speed sucks.

La recibí capacidad/precio es muy buena. Una vez comprobado, la tasa de transferencia de datos es muy alta tanto en lectura como en escritura. Superior a la que indican en la publicidad. No he empleado ningún programa para pasar datos de disco al USB, sólo parar ficheros de varios GB, desde un SSD al USB y se alcanzan los 200MB en escritura sobre el USB, sin problemas.

PCの内蔵環境を変更せずにWindowsをもう一個起動する必要が出たため、手持ちのUSBメモリでWindows To Go環境を差くせしていてみたら、USBメモリ作成に24時間かかり、PCは延々と起動しない事態になりました。高速なメモリは大事！大急ぎで128GBの製品を注文、これがとても速く、内蔵SSDと比較してそれほど遜色なく作業できます。USBメモリ作成が10分くらいで、起動が体感30秒くらいです。お値段も安価ですし、大正解だと思いました。おすすめです。（耐久性はわかんないですけども）

Hier eine keine Bewertung und Test zu diesem USB Stick.Hersteller:den Hersteller Arcanite findet man im Netz recht selten und wenn man bei Google sucht, findet man als ersten ein Pokemon ;) aber wenn man ein wenig tiefer gräbt, Dann wird man auf Japanischen Seiten fündig und erfährt das es ein neue Hersteller ist und sich vorgenommen hat gute, schnelle und vor allem preiswerte Hardware anzubieten.Aussehen und Qualität:Leider muss ich sagen das dieser USB Stick ein kleiner aber hochwertiger Plastik Bomber ist. Versteht mich nicht falsch, das ist kein Nachteil in diesem Sinne aber aus Metall würde der noch etwas mehr her machen und es würde der Kühlung bestimmt nicht negativ entgegen wirken. Von der Qualität her sieht er dennoch sehr gut verarbeitet aus.Geschwindigkeit:Nun zum wichtigsten am USB Stick, die Geschwindigkeit und hier muss ich mal wirklich den Hersteller loben. Ich habe den Stick an einem USB 3.1 Gen 2 Angeschlossen und er brachte eine Geschwindigkeit von 350MB lesend und 100MB schreibend und das ist für den Preis echt eine Ansage, da man von vielen unbekannten asiatischen Herstellern meist nur Fakes und niedrige Transferraten gewohnt ist.Fazit :Auch unbekannte Hersteller wie Arcanite können es schaffen gute, schnelle und preislich durchaus attraktive Hardware herzustellen, die wirklich hält was sie verspricht. Wielange der Stick hält kann ich noch nicht sagen aber das wird der langzeit Test dann zeigen. Von der Sache her bekommt ihr hier für kleines Geld einen schnellen Stick im lesen bzw. scheiben und wenn euch die Plastik nicht stört, kann ich hier nur eine Empfehlung aussprechen. Weiter so Arcanite.