UDMA CompactFlash Reader Benchmarks over Various Bus Connections

CompactFlash Reader Benchmarks all speeds in MB/sec		Sequential Data 4K blocks		Sequential Data 256K blocks		Random Data 4K blocks		Random Data 256K blocks
		Uncached Write	Uncached Read	Uncached Write	Uncached Read	Uncached Write	Uncached Read	Uncached Write	Uncached Read
Delock FireWire 800	SanDisk Extreme 60/MBs UDMA CompactFlash 16GB	29.63	4.25	30.75	63.13	0.92	3.91	1.39	58.09
Delock FireWire 800	Transcend 133X CompactFlash 4GB (PIO)	13.04	4.13	7.60	18.04	0.01	4.00	0.58	18.10

Echo Thunderbolt w/CFRW2X	SanDisk Extreme 60/MBs UDMA CompactFlash 16GB	12.17	4.62	12.79	65.06	0.85	4.27	1.38	63.47
Echo Thunderbolt w/CFRW2X	Transcend 133X CompactFlash 4GB (PIO)	9.97	4.34	6.80	17.64	0.01	3.67	0.60	17.67

Delock USB 3.0 on USB 2.0 Port	SanDisk Extreme 60/MBs UDMA CompactFlash 16GB	12.54	2.48	15.61	35.44	0.81	2.43	1.40	14.89
Delock USB 3.0 on USB 2.0 Port	Transcend 133X CompactFlash 4GB (PIO)	7.59	2.38	5.96	17.70	0.01	2.25	0.59	13.03

CFFire800 Pro	SanDisk Extreme 60/MBs UDMA CompactFlash 16GB	21.23	4.81	33.61	55.26	0.90	4.66	1.40	55.61
CFFire800 Pro	Transcend 133X CompactFlash 4GB (PIO)	11.17	4.47	6.27	18.18	0.01	4.15	0.60	17.00

Delock FireWire 400*	SanDisk Extreme 60/MBs UDMA CompactFlash 16GB	10.91	4.77	23.79	35.82	0.86	3.88	1.34	34.66

We recently added the Delock FireWire 800 to UDMA CompactFlash Drive Read-Writer to replace our venerable, but now defunct CFFire800 Pro FireWire 800 Reader. We haven't run benchmarks in some time, so this product addition seemed like a good opportunity to do so. We set out to test several new UDMA Reader solutions. Obviously we wanted to test our new Delock FireWire 800 head to head with our old CFFire800 Pro. Another reader we wanted to put through the paces was the combination of Sonnet's PCIe ExpressCard Pro Dual CompactFlash Memory Card Adapter being used in their Echo Thunderbolt to ExpressCard/34 Adapter. We also tested the Delock Multi-in-1 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Memory Card Reader/Writer, albeit we don't have a machine with both Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 on it, so we had to test it using a USB 2.0 port.

We were very impressed with the

FireWire 800 to UDMA CompactFlash: Delock FireWire 800 to UDMA CompactFlash Drive Read-Writer; The Delock FireWire 800 to UDMA CompactFlash Drive reader supports all the recent high-speed CompactFlash standards including PIO Modes 0-4, DMA Modes 0-2, and UDMA Modes 0-6. Great for DSLR photographers.; DLCK-CR-91694 | Price: $53.99

Delock USB 3.0 Multi-Card Reader: Delock Multi-in-1 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Memory Card Reader/Writer; This multi-in-1 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 memory card reader/writer supports over 50 types of flash memory media cards.; PCM-CR-UMUL-91704 | Price: $25.00

Thunderbolt to ExpressCard 2.0: Sonnet Echo Thunderbolt to ExpressCard/34 Adapter Pro; Use a range of PCIe 2.0 based ExpressCards on Thunderbolt technology-equipped computers. Allows full 5.0 Gb/s throughput and ingest footage from SxS memory cards at up to 150 MB/s. Works with Mac OS X 10.6.8 and later.; SON-ECHOPRO-E34 | Price: $169.95

Thunderbolt Cables: Thunderbolt Cables; Thunderbolt cables providing blazing-fast data transfer with two independent channels of 10Gbit/s each. Available in 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 meter lengths in white.

Test setup: Xbench 1.3 running on a Mac OS X 10.8 MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Dual-core Intel i5, 4GB SDRAM, 3320GB 5400 rpm SATA. For the Delock "FireWire 400" results we used a iMac 2.1GHz G5, 2.5GB SDRAM, 500GB 5400 rpm SATA. The Delock FireWire 800 was connected to the FireWire 400 port via our CAB-FW8-9-6-CONV FireWire 800 IEEE1394b 9pin (female) to 6pin (male) Converter Plug.

CompactFlash, UDMA, Reader, Benchmarks

UDMA CompactFlash Reader Benchmarks over Various Bus Connections