Posted by admin in If you were amazed as to how small and fast a micro sd card got, you are in for a bigger surprise.
Kingston has just announced its very first 16 GB Class 10 micro sdhc card! As indicated by its ‘class 10′ moniker, it’s faster than any other memory card on the market. Class-10 label for the card specifies its sustained data transfer speed in MBPS. Kingston’s fastest micro sdhc so far was a class 4 graded card, while what you might find in your mobile phone or mp3 player is usually a class 2 card. So, whilst much is spoken of this new fast and furious card, tests were made on the card to see exactly how fast we are talking about.
When plugged on to a PC with the Micro SD Card Reader that comes with it, and tested with HD Tach disk-benchmarking software, the full suite test resulted in average read speed of 19.7 MBps and write speed of 14.4MBps. This more than backs up Kingston’s claims of a minimum sustained write speed of 10MBps.
For comparison when the same test was applied to a Kingston Class-4 microSDHC, the results show a slightly slower average write speed of 9.3MBps, and an average read speed of 17.9MBps. That is slower than the class-10 card, but much faster than what its ratings may suggest.
What does it mean to the end user though? Not much! Kingston reckons you will experience a performance gain whilst using it in a high-end mobile phone or camera; although that’s up for speculation. Faster, high-end DSLR cameras may experience speed improvements when taking pictures and recording video.
To summarise, Kingston 16 GB microSDHC Class 10 card is very fast, but at £80, it’s pricey! Whilst professional photographers may appreciate the performance gain, you and I are better off using our good old Kingston 8 GB microSDHC class-4 at £14.
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