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Kingston Ultimate 266X CompactFlash 16GB

For general information and other test results, see the overview  UDMA CompactFlash Cards .

Specifications

Model: ULTIMATE CF CARD 16GB
Firmware: 20080415
Type: CF Removable (848A) + ATA Fixed (044A)
CF-ATA Modes: PIO-6, MDMA-4, UDMA-5
Memory Mode: 80ns
Size: 16039018496 Bytes = 15296MB ~ 14.93GB
Sectors/CHS: 31326208 Sectors (LBA)

Test Results  Read  Write
 FireWire CF Reader   47.08MB/s 321x  35.46MB/s 242x
 CF SATA Adapter   47.05MB/s 321x  43.74MB/s 298x
 Express/34 PCIe x1 CF Reader   46.81MB/s 319x  43.75MB/s 298x
 Special Tests  

CF FireWire Reader

The test setup:
Kingston Ultimate 266X CompactFlash 16GB, CF/16GB-U2
Hama 55352 CF FireWire reader, Oxford FW 912 controller
TI TSB82AA2/TSB81BA3 FireWire, TI OHCI 1394 Driver
Read/Write directly from/to the media, no filesystem involved
Read/Write rates taken with a sample size of 4MB, 3824 samples

The test showed an average trasfer rate of 47.08MB/s (321x) read and 35.46MB/s (242x) write.

Kingston Ultimate 266X CompactFlash 16GB FireWire Read/Write

CF to SATA Adapter

The test setup:
Kingston Ultimate 266X CompactFlash 16GB, CF/16GB-U2
CF to SATA adapter with Marvell 88SA8040-TBC1 controller
ICH6R SATA Host
Read/Write directly from/to the media, no filesystem involved
Read/Write rates taken with a sample size of 4MB, 3824 samples

The test showed an average rate of 47.05MB/s (321x) read and 43.74MB/s (298x) write.

Kingston Ultimate 266X CompactFlash 16GB SATA Read/Write

CF PCIe x1 Reader

The test setup:
Kingston Ultimate 266X CompactFlash 16GB, CF/16GB-U2
Express/34 CF Adapter DR25, JMicron JMB368 Controller
Read/Write directly from/to the media, no filesystem involved
Read/Write rates taken with a sample size of 4MB, 3824 samples

The test showed an average trasfer rate of 46.81MB/s (319x) read and 43.75MB/s (298x) write.

Kingston Ultimate 266X CompactFlash 16GB, PCIe x1 Read/Write

Special Tests

More information will follow, see the  Explanations for the Special Tests  for details regarding the test procedure.


Hans-Jürgen Reggel   ·   http://www.hjreggel.net/cardspeed/   ·   2008-11-04 ~ 2009-12-21