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SanDisk Extreme III CF 30MB/s 32GB

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

Specifications

Model: SanDisk SDCFX3-032G
Firmware: HDX 4.42
Type: CF Removable (848A)
CF-ATA Modes: PIO-6, MDMA-2, UDMA-4
Memory Mode: 80ns
Size: 32782417920 Bytes ~ 31263MB ~ 30.53GB
Sectors/CHS: 64028160 Sectors = 63520/16/63

Test Results  Read  Write
 FireWire CF Reader   33.05MB/s 225x  25.94MB/s 177x
 CF SATA Adapter   33.02MB/s 225x  26.98MB/s 184x
 Express/34 PCIe x1 CF Reader   33.13MB/s 226x  27.18MB/s 185x

CF FireWire Reader

The test setup:
SanDisk Extreme III CF 30MB/s 32GB, SDCFX3-032G
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, 7816 samples

The test showed an average trasfer rate of 33.05MB/s (225x) read and 25.94MB/s (177x) write.

SanDisk Extreme III CF 30MB/s 32GB, SDCFX3-032G: FireWire Read/Write

CF to SATA Adapter

The test setup:
SanDisk Extreme III CF 30MB/s 32GB, SDCFX3-032G
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, 7816 samples

The test showed an average rate of 33.02MB/s (225x) read and 26.98MB/s (184x) write.

SanDisk Extreme III CF 30MB/s 32GB, SDCFX3-032G: SATA Read/Write

CF PCIe x1 Reader

The test setup:
SanDisk Extreme III CF 30MB/s 32GB, SDCFX3-032G
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, 7816 samples

The test showed an average trasfer rate of 33.13MB/s (226x) read and 27.18MB/s (185x) write.

SanDisk Extreme III CF 30MB/s 32GB, SDCFX3-032G: PCIe x1 Read/Write


Hans-Jürgen Reggel   ·   http://www.hjreggel.net/cardspeed/   ·   2008-11-20