USB Card Reader Benchmarks Apotop and Delock
We had been considering adding Apotop's new readers to our lineup, and wanted to run benchmarks before deciding. They passed with flying colors, and their performance to price ratio are excellent. They have been in stock as of mid-September 2013.
- Our Test Station
- Xubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (Disk Utility 3.0.2 for benchmarks)
- Intel Core2 6300 @ 1.86GHz with 2GB RAM
- Built-in USB 2.0 ports (2.0 tests)
- STL U-510 PCIe to USB 3.0 host adapter (3.0 tests)
- New Apotop Readers
- Apotop DR85 USB 2.0 All in 1 Ultra Compact Card Reader
- Apotop DR87 USB 2.0 All in 1 Power Saving Smart Eco Card Reader
- Apotop 3R01-B USB 3.0 All in 1 SuperSpeed Card Reader
- Comparison Model
- Delock 91704 Multi-in-1 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Memory Card Reader/Writer
- Used on USB 2.0 port for DR85 and DR87 comparisons
- Used on USB 3.0 port for 3R01-B comparison
| USB 2.0 Reader Benchmarks, all speeds in MB/sec | Read Rate | Write Rate | Access Time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | Ave | Min | Max | Ave | Ave | |||
| Sandisk Extreme CompactFlash 400X UDMA 8GB | Apotop DR85 | 17.1 | 20.2 | 18.5 | 2.8 | 17.5 | 6.0 | 1.1ms | |
| Apotop DR87 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 19.6 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 1.1ms | ||
| Delock 91704 | 25.9 | 33.6 | 31.1 | 4.1 | 12.3 | 8.0 | 1.1ms | ||
| ATP ProMax CompactFlash 300X UDMA 16GB | Apotop DR85 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 2.3 | 10.3 | 4.4 | 0.9ms | |
| Apotop DR87 | 21.0 | 21.3 | 21.2 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 0.9ms | ||
| Delock 91704 | 31.2 | 32.8 | 32.5 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 1.0ms | ||
| ATP ProMax SDHC Class 10 16GB | Apotop DR85 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 2.7 | 20.8 | 5.1 | 1.2ms | |
| Apotop DR87 | 19.8 | 21.7 | 21.5 | 2.3 | 20.1 | 4.5 | 1.2ms | ||
| Delock 91704 | 17.2 | 19.0 | 18.9 | 2.7 | 11.1 | 3.3 | 1.2ms | ||
| USB 3.0 Reader Benchmarks, all speeds in MB/sec | Read Rate | Write Rate | Access Time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | Ave | Min | Max | Ave | Ave | |||
| Sandisk Extreme CompactFlash 400X UDMA 8GB | Apotop 3R01-B | 37.2 | 42.7 | 39.1 | 5.6 | 23.2 | 12.3 | 1.0ms | |
| Delock 91704 | 33.7 | 42.3 | 39.3 | 6.0 | 22.9 | 12.3 | 1.0ms | ||
| ATP ProMax CompactFlash 300X UDMA 16GB | Apotop 3R01-B | 40.2 | 44.3 | 43.7 | 3.8 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 0.8ms | |
| Delock 91704 | 42.4 | 44.6 | 44.0 | 3.9 | 9.4 | 5.4 | 0.7ms | ||
| ATP ProMax SDHC Class 10 16GB | Apotop 3R01-B | 17.4 | 19.2 | 19.1 | 2.7 | 10.6 | 3.3 | 1.1ms | |
| Delock 91704 | 17.4 | 19.2 | 19.0 | 2.7 | 10.7 | 3.3 | 1.2ms | ||
- Ultra Compact USB Card Reader
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- Apotop All-in-1 USB 2.0 Memory Card Reader/Writer Ultra Compact
- Diminutive, but speedy reader works with cards including SD, SDHC, SDXC, microSD, MMC, CompactFlash, MS Duo, and MS Pro Duo. Platform agnostic.
- PCM-CR-UEM-DR85 | Price: $12.00
- Power Saving USB Card Reader
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- Apotop All-in-1 USB 2.0 Memory Card Reader/Writer Power Saving
- Engineered for power savings, and featuring zero power consumption when there is no card inserted, this speedy reader works with cards including SD, SDHC, SDXC, microSD, MMC, CompactFlash, MS Duo, and MS Pro Duo. Platform agnostic.
- PCM-CR-UEM-DR87 | Price: $12.00
- SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Reader
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- Apotop All-in-1 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Memory Card Reader/Writer
- Apotop's 3R01-B offers all the speed and versatility as its competitors, without the premium price. works with cards including SD, SDHC, SDXC (UHS-I), microSD (HC/XD), MMC, CompactFlash I/II (UDMA7), M2 Card, MSXC, MS Duo, MS Pro Duo, and MS Pro Duo HG (8 bit). Platform agnostic.
- PCM-CR-UEM-3R01-B | Price: $19.00
- Delock USB 3.0 Multi-Card Reader
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- 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
Screenshots of the actual benchmarks are available in this gallery.
