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USB 3.0 Benchmark – AIDA64

“AIDA64 Extreme Edition is a streamlined Windows diagnostic and benchmarking software for home users. AIDA64 Extreme Edition provides a wide range of features to assist in overclocking, hardware error diagnosis, stress testing, and sensor monitoring. It has unique capabilities to assess the performance of the processor, system memory, and disk drives. AIDA64 is compatible with all current 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. AIDA64 implements a set of 64-bit benchmarks to measure how fast the computer performs various data processing tasks and mathematical calculations. Memory and cache benchmarks are available to analyze system RAM bandwidth and latency. Processor benchmarks utilize MMX, SSE, XOP, FMA, AVX and AVX2 instructions, and scale up to 32 processor threads. For legacy processors all benchmarks are available in 32-bit version as well. AIDA64 Disk Benchmark determines the data transfer speed of hard disk drives, solid-state drives, optical drives, and flash memory based devices.” Available Here.

We utilise our Kingston HyperX 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive in tandem with AIDA64’s disk benchmark which can also be used for USB flash drives. We always test using the chipset-powered USB 3.0 ports (not those powered by third party controllers like ASMedia or Marvell) and using the latest USB 3.0 drivers for those chipset-powered USB 3.0 ports. Like with all other tests we end all other background tasks and programs that could affect the benchmark result.