01-15-2020, 09:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-15-2020, 10:24 PM by wdt.
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Well, this seems to be a good spot, labeled and all
All the tests are from 1-2 years ago, I can summarize
This is from my own research and following armbian/tkaiser,
and trying to find out how to use flash "best"
The people who really test the longevity are those using dash-cams
Rare for a card to last a year, but that is a single threaded job
The cards controller is doing all kinds of things, "behind your back"
and web browser keep a cache, just checked ,, 400M, gets really laggy
waiting to write updates, also apt-get dist-upgrade can take hours with a crap card
Anyway, the #1 rule,ALWAYS check for fakes, the first time it is in your hand (f3 or h2testw)
Even amazon has sold fakes
Cards were originally made for cameras, a simple job, 1 write, 1 read
Try taking 3 photos quickly, doesn't work so well does it?
anyway, no name cards always have poor 4k and 16k speeds ~ or< 1000
Brand name (sandisk, kingston, lexar, etc) are often OK, but not exceptional (1000-3000)
Generally evo are better, sometimes only a bit, sometimes 50% (not the 16G,,only OK)
I have stopped buying "crap" cards unless they are REALLY cheap,
those I ALWAYS test right away (well, I always test), and I wouldn't use them for an OS
Here another,,samsung evo plus 64G (not sure if same as evo+)
random random
kB reclen write rewrite read reread read write
102400 4 3927 4100 10320 10313 10165 2640
102400 16 6460 10519 25852 25728 25699 10796
102400 512 25605 20796 82719 82950 76700 27167
102400 1024 23151 22794 84709 84991 81562 20229
102400 16384 23476 25132 85421 86309 86470 26595
These are "typical" good speeds, anything 1/2 (or<)the 4k and 16k speed is not fit for an OS
And something different, a 32G eMMC module, all usb3
(sandisk,, from amerdroid?) I don't know why so slow
random random
kB reclen write rewrite read reread read write
102400 4 4247 4289 6256 6290 5368 4205
102400 16 11641 11937 19502 19549 11819 11961
102400 512 40563 43955 47143 47122 36640 38861
102400 1024 40829 44497 47316 47248 41644 41384
102400 16384 40857 44390 47338 47354 46975 44020
Really you have to test yourself, a slow card will give disappointing results
The last 2 columns should have 'random' over them
All the tests are from 1-2 years ago, I can summarize
This is from my own research and following armbian/tkaiser,
and trying to find out how to use flash "best"
The people who really test the longevity are those using dash-cams
Rare for a card to last a year, but that is a single threaded job
The cards controller is doing all kinds of things, "behind your back"
and web browser keep a cache, just checked ,, 400M, gets really laggy
waiting to write updates, also apt-get dist-upgrade can take hours with a crap card
Anyway, the #1 rule,ALWAYS check for fakes, the first time it is in your hand (f3 or h2testw)
Even amazon has sold fakes
Cards were originally made for cameras, a simple job, 1 write, 1 read
Try taking 3 photos quickly, doesn't work so well does it?
anyway, no name cards always have poor 4k and 16k speeds ~ or< 1000
Brand name (sandisk, kingston, lexar, etc) are often OK, but not exceptional (1000-3000)
Generally evo are better, sometimes only a bit, sometimes 50% (not the 16G,,only OK)
I have stopped buying "crap" cards unless they are REALLY cheap,
those I ALWAYS test right away (well, I always test), and I wouldn't use them for an OS
Here another,,samsung evo plus 64G (not sure if same as evo+)
random random
kB reclen write rewrite read reread read write
102400 4 3927 4100 10320 10313 10165 2640
102400 16 6460 10519 25852 25728 25699 10796
102400 512 25605 20796 82719 82950 76700 27167
102400 1024 23151 22794 84709 84991 81562 20229
102400 16384 23476 25132 85421 86309 86470 26595
These are "typical" good speeds, anything 1/2 (or<)the 4k and 16k speed is not fit for an OS
And something different, a 32G eMMC module, all usb3
(sandisk,, from amerdroid?) I don't know why so slow
random random
kB reclen write rewrite read reread read write
102400 4 4247 4289 6256 6290 5368 4205
102400 16 11641 11937 19502 19549 11819 11961
102400 512 40563 43955 47143 47122 36640 38861
102400 1024 40829 44497 47316 47248 41644 41384
102400 16384 40857 44390 47338 47354 46975 44020
Really you have to test yourself, a slow card will give disappointing results
The last 2 columns should have 'random' over them