EDIT: Deal is now dead/expired. Congrats to all who got one in that 24 hour period.
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**Deal is one day only. It expires at 11:59PM EST 6/2/2010 or earlier if they run out of stock.
Product Info
If you're looking to accelerate your mobile digital life, look no further than the SanDisk 16GB microSD High Capacity Card. Another great invention from SanDisk, the microSD is about a quarter of the size of an SD card and is the newest standard of SD flash memory specifically designed for use with mobile phones and other devices.
It’s the storage solution made simple. No matter how small your phone or other device is, it can still pack a load of memory – videos, tunes, pictures, ring tones, games, data – it all fits on the MicroSDHC Flash Memory Card!
Features Include:
- Newest standard of SD flash memory
- Specifically designed for use with ultra-small mobile phones and other devices
- High storage capacity (16GB) for storing essential digital content such as high quality photos, videos, music and more
- Built-in security features enable users to download, store, and play secure content just like an SD card
- Speed performance rating: Class 2 (based on SD 2.00 Specification)
- Built to last, with an operating shock rating of 2,000Gs, equivalent to a ten-foot drop
- Bulk packaging
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Speed up your Class 2
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I just bought a class 2 SanDisk 16GB a few days ago and it's the same model as this one (SDSDQ-016G-A11M). I got write speeds up to 9mb/s which is pretty decent for a class 2.
If you get one, I would suggest formatting it to FAT32 w/32k clusters to speed up it's file access time for larger files.
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My Personal Benchmarks on this Card
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World :
Crystal Dew World
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]
OS : Windows 7 [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)
Here is my Sandisk 16GB Class 2 Micro SDHC
Test 1: 50 MB [L: 6.7% (1.0/14.8 GB)] (x1)
Sequential Read : 17.957 MB/s
Sequential Write : 8.971 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 17.961 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 2.092 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 4.004 MB/s [ 977.5 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.022 MB/s [ 5.3 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 4.061 MB/s [ 991.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.033 MB/s [ 8.1 IOPS]
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Test 2: 100 MB [L: 6.6% (1.0/14.8 GB)] (x5)
Sequential Read : 17.914 MB/s
Sequential Write : 9.358 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 17.922 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 2.131 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 4.020 MB/s [ 981.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.020 MB/s [ 4.9 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 4.096 MB/s [ 1000.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.027 MB/s [ 6.6 IOPS]
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Test 3: 500 MB [L: 6.6% (1.0/14.8 GB)] (x2)
Sequential Read : 17.921 MB/s
Sequential Write : 9.434 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 17.816 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 1.950 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 3.555 MB/s [ 867.9 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.019 MB/s [ 4.7 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 3.868 MB/s [ 944.3 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.020 MB/s [ 4.9 IOPS]
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Here is my Kingston 8GB Class 4 MicroSDHC (currently used in my TP2)
Test 1: 50 MB [L: 46.5% (3532.5/7592.0 MB)] (x1)
Sequential Read : 18.550 MB/s
Sequential Write : 8.953 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 18.553 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 1.620 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 4.011 MB/s [ 979.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.017 MB/s [ 4.2 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 3.901 MB/s [ 952.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.030 MB/s [ 7.3 IOPS]
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Test 2: 100 MB [L: 46.5% (3532.5/7592.0 MB)] (x5)
Sequential Read : 18.505 MB/s
Sequential Write : 9.547 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 18.479 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 1.978 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 3.860 MB/s [ 942.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.017 MB/s [ 4.2 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 3.865 MB/s [ 943.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.024 MB/s [ 5.8 IOPS]
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Test 3 : 500 MB [L: 46.5% (3532.5/7592.0 MB)] (x2)
Sequential Read : 18.512 MB/s
Sequential Write : 10.413 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 18.181 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 1.724 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 3.942 MB/s [ 962.3 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.017 MB/s [ 4.2 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 3.891 MB/s [ 949.9 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.018 MB/s [ 4.4 IOPS]
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Here is a Kingston 8GB Class 4 regular size SDHC (not micro)
Test 1 : 50 MB [L: 0.0% (0.1/7592.0 MB)] (x1)
Sequential Read : 16.853 MB/s
Sequential Write : 9.397 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 16.826 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 1.681 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 4.074 MB/s [ 994.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.039 MB/s [ 9.6 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 4.089 MB/s [ 998.3 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.063 MB/s [ 15.3 IOPS]