Benchmark of Ready Boost ready Memory

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 16, 2007, 04:45 AM

Preemptive, to my upgrade... to vista I bought a 1 gig stick of vista
ready boost memory corsair turbo flash. Just to see how it stacks up
as people are wowing over the speed of these new sticks...useing
hdtach...the difference is huge

In contrast: My current 2GB OCZ rally (wich is fast):

Turbo flash:

look at the acess times! and trasfer rate!
only draw back is it uses more cpu time...
(of wich i have plenty)

makes articals like this:
Analysis: Vista's Ready Boost is no match for RAM | TG Daily
saying things like "Although no USB 2.0 device offers the throughput of a
fast hard drive (20-25 MB/s max for USB 2.0 Flash devices vs. 60-90 MB/s for hard drives)"

look at thier test bed!!!

now comes into question as not all flash ram is equal so results will varry....
memory that already exist that just happens to "meet" the requirements of
ready boost. Is quite different then memory thats been mfg and tweaked, and
designed for it to primarily be used for the feature alone....

My finding are very interesting indeed..... this could explain why some say how
much it helps, others say it's slower. Other say they don't see a difference...
makes all tests so far seem mute

There is a big difference between "Compatible" and "designed for/ optumized for"

Side note: there are even stupid people who have been using a "tweak" to force
a device thats too slow to be allowed. The bechmarks built in for a reason.
Becouse if it's not fast enough, it's pointless

Judas · Feb 16, 2007, 10:52 AM

while i'll agree yes.... .the speeds and whatnot are great in comparison to thiers.... the 35MB/s and access times aren't going to compare to that of a decent single hardrive today. When a SATA2 320gb 16mb cache is capable of 80MB/s as it's average, i highly doubt a 35MB/s flash drive is going to do as good a job.

Now if they can bump that up a fair bit higher, it'll be a completely different story.

PangingJr · Feb 16, 2007, 02:55 PM

i like to try this particular brand and model in a 2 or 4GB one if i can get a hold of it.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 16, 2007, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

while i'll agree yes.... .the speeds and whatnot are great in comparison to thiers.... the 35MB/s and access times aren't going to compare to that of a decent single hardrive today. When a SATA2 320gb 16mb cache is capable of 80MB/s as it's average, i highly doubt a 35MB/s flash drive is going to do as good a job.

Now if they can bump that up a fair bit higher, it'll be a completely different story.

actually keep in mind a good like 75% only have drives capable of 30-40 mb/s
or much less especailly oem systems wher they used 5400 rpm drives. Not everyone has
such high end drives. Or systems! Heck my what was cutting edge 68 mb/s hitchi's
still bottom out way down there twards the end of the disk.

Not to mention, the hdd is then FREE to do larger files those long sequentail
reads thier so good at. Not the small randoms, that will be off loaded to the flash
drives... not to meantion they already said there wil be tweaks to the feature forth
comeing.... for $20-$30 investment you can beat the "potential" os speedups

even with out useing them on vista, it's step in the right direction for flash!

Necrosis · Feb 17, 2007, 03:38 PM

I just thought of some thing that would be nice for laptops. A pcmcia device that added such features since it's a bad idea to have some thing sticking out. Never mind the cost of 2Gig of ram especially if you're using a budget machine.

apoch003 · Feb 18, 2007, 12:31 AM

It can be removed easily and with no impact to your laptop. Therefore, if you're using your laptop for games and readyboost, you just insert the flash when you need it.

dipstick · Feb 19, 2007, 10:14 PM

When looking for a usb flash drive to use with readyboost Access Time is the single most important thing to look at. Transfer rates are not important for the way readyboost works. Neon seems to have found a great one and so is the Crucial Gizmo Overdrive with .5ms access

Randomletters · Feb 20, 2007, 02:48 PM

Thanks for posting this, Newegg has the same memory stick for $20 Ill be picking it up friday.

PangingJr · Feb 22, 2007, 08:58 PM

here is the info that i used to read about the above Apacer flash drive (or might be another model?)...
i tried a few of flash drives from A-DATA, Corsair and Kingston, and i somehow like to see for myself how this Apacer drive work, but can't seem to find it yet.

Quote:

The Fastest Flash Drive - The Fastest Flash Drive ~ Chris Pirillo
Don’t ask me why this isn’t documented anywhere, but I have it on good authority that the best USB memory stick to use for Vista’s ReadyBoost is an Apacer Handy Steno - the 2GB version. Apacer also has a 4GB version, although it’s been reported that the 4GB model has reliability issues (though I don’t know how “reliablity” is defined or charted). No matter, Microsoft is apparently using Apacer USB sticks for the ultimate speed boost (ReadyBoost) in Vista.

Randomletters · Feb 23, 2007, 01:40 AM

Just ordered Corsair turbo flash, Ill write back with my impressions

Necrosis · Feb 23, 2007, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PangingJr

here is the info that i used to read about the above Apacer flash drive (or might be another model?)...
i tried a few of flash drives from A-DATA, Corsair and Kingston, and i somehow like to see for myself how this Apacer drive work, but can't seem to find it yet.

I found some for $34.95 but they're not where you live. I went with the 1gig Corsair for my laptop.

PangingJr · Feb 24, 2007, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necrosis

I found some for $34.95 but they're not where you live. I went with the 1gig Corsair for my laptop.

i think it should also available at where i live as well, i don't want to get it from oversea since it's just a small thing.
having told people and my usual stores to look for it atm.