Kingston SDA3 256GB SDXC UHS-I U3 Memory Card Review
Bohs Hansen / 8 years ago
Testing & Methodology
Test system:
- Gigabyte Z79X UD5H-BK
- Intel Core i7-4790K
- Corsair Vengeance 16GB 2400MHz
- Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB
- EVGA GTX 980 SC
- Dimastech Easy V3.0
Card Reader
Software
- AIDA64 Storage Benchmark
- Anvil’s Storage Utilities
- AS SSD Benchmark
- ATTO Benchmark
- CrystalDiskMark
- HD Tach
I will be testing the memory cards with my new Lexar Professional Workflow drive hub and card readers, initially empty as I receive them and then fill them with 25%, 50%, and 75% data in order to see how they keep up the performance when they start to get full with data.
I will be using a wide variety of benchmark programs to test both the sequential performance and access times. I’ve purposely left out the random performance tests as they’ll be both slow and irrelevant on this type of storage, but also because the tests can damage the drives severely. They are simply not built nor intended for that kind of usage.
On the following pages, I have included the benchmark screenshots from all fillage tests as well charts with a drive analysis of the results over the different fillage levels.
