Adata premier pro 128gb microsdxc review: ADATA Premier Memory Cards | TweakTown

Introduction and Evaluation SetupPremier ONE, Premier Pro, & XPG SDXC Cards PerformancePremier ONE & XPG microSDXC Cards PerformanceMiscellaneous Aspects and Concluding Remarks

The first performance section deals with the cards in the SD form factor. The Premier ONE with its UHS-II rating is the flagship, while the Premier Pro and the XPG (UHS-I) carry similar performance numbers.

Sequential Accesses

ADATA claims speeds of up to 290 MBps for the Premier ONE and 95 MBps for the other two, but real-world speeds are bound to be lower. In fact, writes can sometimes be much slower. For most applications, that really doesn’t matter as long as the card is capable of sustaining the maximum possible rate at which the camera it is used in dumps data. We use fio workloads to emulate typical camera recording conditions. We run the workload on a fresh card, and also after simulating extended usage. Instantaneous bandwidth numbers are graphed. This gives an idea of performance consistency (whether there is appreciable degradation in performance as the amount of pre-existing data increases and / or the card is subject to wear and tear in terms of amount and type of NAND writes). Further justification and details of the testing parameters are available here.

ADATA Premier ONE SDXC UHS II 128GBADATA XPG SDXC UHS I 64GBADATA Premier Pro SDXC UHS I 64GBLexar 1000x 128GB

ADATA Premier ONE SDXC UHS II 128GBADATA XPG SDXC UHS I 64GBADATA Premier Pro SDXC UHS I 64GBLexar 1000x 128GB

The Premier ONE is outright impressive. It exhibits remarkable performance consistency compared to the other SDXC cards (including the Lexar one that we reviewed earlier this year). Even under sustained loading conditions, it is able to maintain more than 130 MBps of writes. Unfortunately, the same praise can’t be given to the XPG and Premier Pro. While the write performance consistency can be appreciated for the two cards in the fresh case, the same benchmark after subject to simulation of extended usage reveals their shortcomings. We see writes dropping down to 12 — 15 MBps occassionally.

AnandTech DAS Suite — Performance Consistency

The AnandTech DAS Suite involves transferring large amounts of photos and videos to and from the storage device using robocopy. This is followed by selected workloads from PCMark 8’s storage benchmark in order to evaluate scenarios such as importing media files directly into multimedia editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop. Details of these tests from the perspective of memory cards are available here.

In this subsection, we deal with performance consistency while processing the robocopy segment. The graph below shows the read and write transfer rates to the memory card while the robocopy processes took place in the background. The data for writing to the card resides in a RAM drive in the testbed. The first three sets of writes and reads correspond to the photos suite. A small gap (for the transfer of the videos suite from the primary drive to the RAM drive) is followed by three sets for the next data set. Another small RAM-drive transfer gap is followed by three sets for the Blu-ray folder. The corresponding graphs for similar cards that we have evaluated before is available via the drop-down selection.

ADATA Premier ONE SDXC UHS II 128GBADATA XPG SDXC UHS I 64GBADATA Premier Pro SDXC UHS I 64GBLexar 1000x 128GB

The testing doesn’t reveal any throttling or significant effects due to fill up of an internal SLC cache or any other such mechanism. The performance numbers themselves tally with the claims of the manufacturers.

AnandTech DAS Suite — Bandwidth

The average transfer rates for each workload from the previous section is graphed below. Readers can get a quantitative number to compare the ADATA Premier ONE SDXC UHS II 128GB SD card against the ones that we have evaluated.

We also look at the PCMark 8 storage bench numbers in the graphs below. Note that the bandwidth number reported in the results don’t involve idle time compression. Results might appear low, but that is part of the workload characteristic. Note that the same testbed is being used for all memory cards. Therefore, comparing the numbers for each trace should be possible across different cards.

Performance Restoration

The traditional memory card use-case is to delete the files on it after the import process is completed. Some prefer to format the card either using the PC, or, through the options available in the camera menu. The first option is not a great one, given that flash-based storage devices run into bandwidth issues if garbage collection (processes such as TRIM) is not run regularly. Different memory cards have different ways to bring them to a fresh state.Based on our experience, SD cards have to be formatted using the SD Formatter tool from the SD Association (after all the partitions are removed using the ‘clean’ command in diskpart).

In order to test out the effectiveness of the performance restoration process, we run the default sequential workloads in CrystalDiskMark before and after the formatting. Note that this is at the end of all our benchmark runs, and the card is in a used state at the beginning of the process. The corresponding screenshots for similar cards that we have evaluated before is available via the drop-down selection.

ADATA Premier ONE SDXC UHS II 128GBADATA XPG SDXC UHS I 64GBADATA Premier Pro SDXC UHS I 64GBLexar 1000x 128GB

The XPG seems to benefit from the performance restoration process, but, the effect in the Premier ONE and the Premier Pro seems minimal. Consumers should expect the performance to go down with extended usage.

Introduction and Evaluation Setup
Premier ONE & XPG microSDXC Cards Performance
Introduction and Evaluation SetupPremier ONE, Premier Pro, & XPG SDXC Cards PerformancePremier ONE & XPG microSDXC Cards PerformanceMiscellaneous Aspects and Concluding Remarks

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AData Premier One UHS-II V90 64GB SDXC Memory Card Review 290MB/s write 260MB/s read speed ASDX64GUII3CL10-C

Introduction

AData was founded in 2001 and is a Taiwan-based producer of a computer memory and storage. Their top-tier Premier One UHS-II card is V90 rated and provides up to 290 MB/s transfer speed according to AData.
Although the product packaging does not specify whether the 290 MB/s is a read or write speed, the company published 290 MB/s read and 260 MB/s wrtie speeds on its website. The card meets the new Video Speed Class 90 (V90)
write specification, meaning it is capable of writing at least 90 MB/s continuousuly for recording 4K and 8K video.

Premier One UHS-II cards are available in 64, 128 and 256 GB capacities. The 64GB version ASDX64GUII3CL10-C with UPC 4712366968714 is tested in this review. AData memory cards are covered by a lifetime warranty.
The card tested was made in Taiwan.

Performance

The AData Premier One 64GB SDXC card was tested in several USB 3.1 and 3.0 memory card readers. In benchmark tests the 64GB card measured up to 298.6 MB/s sequential read speed.
This was greater than the 290 MB/s rating. Write speed benchmarks measured up to 254 MB/s sequential. This is a bit less than 260 MB/s write speed advertised, but not off by far.
The card is backwards compatible with UHS-I and Standard SD devices. In UHS-I mode the card reached 93.1 MB/s read and 92.5 MB/s write speeds.

Card: Adata Premier One UHS-II V90 64GB
Benchmark: CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64
Program settings: 1000 MB, 5 passes, random test data
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4. 40GHz
RAM: 32GB DDR3 1600

Adata Premier One UHS-II V90 64GB Card Reader Benchmarks	Seq. Read 1000MB MB/s	Seq. Write 1000MB MB/s	Rand. Read 512KB MB/s	Rand. Write 512KB MB/s	Rand. Read 4KB MB/s QD1	Rand. Read 4KB IOPS QD1	Rand. Write 4KB MB/s QD1	Rand. Write 4KB IOPS QD1	Rand. Read 4KB MB/s QD32	Rand. Read 4KB IOPS QD32	Rand. Write 4KB MB/s QD32	Rand. Write 4KB IOPS QD32
Delkin Black Rugged Card Reader	298.569	246.289	222.842	9.325	5.629	1374.3	1.497	365.5	6.620	1616.3	1.537	375.2
Lexar LRWM04U-7000 UHS-II Reader	291.190	248.950	227. 725	9.341	7.445	1817.6	1.812	442.3	12.766	3116.8	1.730	422.4
Lexar Professional Workflow SR2 UHS-II	290.063	249.186	229.844	9.411	7.513	1834.2	1.750	427.3	13.276	3241.3	1.796	438.5
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II Reader/Writer	281.459	248.037	215.449	9.442	6.217	1517.7	1.497	365.5	11.665	2847.9	1.413	344.9
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II USB-C Reader SDDR-409	279.397	253.985	207.794	9.386	10.823	2642.4	1.518	370.7	12.707	3102.4	1.500	366.1
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II USB-C Reader	277.695	252.608	209.819	9.335	10.572	2581.1	1. 506	367.7	12.821	3130.0	1.332	325.1
SanDisk ImageMate Pro Multi-Card Reader/Writer	276.268	244.651	209.297	9.430	5.661	1382.1	1.492	364.2	6.533	1594.9	1.566	382.4
Lexar Professional Dual Slot UHS-II Card Reader	268.797	244.937	198.370	9.428	6.919	1689.2	1.492	364.2	13.730	3352.0	1.343	327.9
Sony S1 High Speed UHS-II Reader/Writer	265.261	244.680	211.287	9.455	5.790	1413.6	1.488	363.2	11.017	2689.7	1.363	332.8
Hama USB 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader	260.386	234.240	212.361	9.583	6.395	1561.4	1.805	440.6	12.943	3159.9	1. 402	342.2
Hama USB Type-C 3.1 UHS-II SD Card Reader	253.647	243.402	208.257	9.567	11.507	2809.3	1.769	432.0	14.429	3522.7	1.827	445.9
Delkin Dual Slot SD UHS-II and CF Card Reader	246.724	227.778	189.512	9.399	6.921	1689.8	1.505	367.5	13.155	3211.7	1.502	366.6
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF9	246.695	227.235	186.313	9.428	7.600	1855.5	1.527	372.8	12.964	3165.1	1.481	361.6
Delkin Multi-Card CFast SD UHS-II microSD Reader	246.608	227.803	185.145	9.445	7.580	1850.6	1.511	368.8	12.643	3086.6	1.494	364.8
ProMaster Professional Dual Card Reader SD UHS-II	246. 289	227.358	187.836	9.469	6.993	1707.2	1.547	377.7	13.062	3189.0	1.538	375.5
Kingston FCR-HS4 Card Reader	246.231	227.902	188.917	9.418	6.993	1707.2	1.497	365.5	12.906	3150.9	1.696	414.1
Verbatim USB-C Pocket Card Reader	245.683	223.601	212.573	9.502	11.126	2716.4	1.503	366.9	12.685	3096.9	1.369	334.3
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Reader/Writer	241.719	223.696	184.205	9.304	8.930	2180.1	1.520	371.0	13.449	3283.3	1.682	410.6
Kingston MobileLite G4 UHS-II	241.413	224.318	187.680	9.458	6.836	1668.9	1. 504	367.1	13.373	3264.9	1.678	409.6
DriverGenius USB 3.1(G1) / 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader	239.729	221.944	210.971	9.520	5.804	1417.1	1.500	366.1	11.528	2814.6	1.470	359.0
Sony MRW-E90 XQD 2.0 / SD UHS-II Card Reader	239.046	220.081	213.388	9.451	5.791	1413.8	1.482	361.9	11.857	2894.7	1.366	333.6
Delkin Travel Reader	93.107	90.817	86.345	8.665	6.964	1700.1	1.161	283.4	8.348	2038.1	1.139	278.2
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8 Black	92.811	92.402	88.656	8.744	6.457	1576.4	1.075	262.6	8.282	2021.9	1.096	267.7
Delkin Universal Memory Card Reader	92. 762	92.549	89.066	8.753	6.267	1530.1	0.079	19.2	9.578	2338.4	1.121	273.8
Transcend SD Card Reader RDF5 Black	92.712	90.770	87.539	8.760	5.403	1319.0	0.716	174.8	6.279	1532.9	1.030	251.6

The AData Premier One was tested in the Canon EOS R and was among the top four cards in write speed in a test of 113 memory cards. It will be tested in additional cameras to measure write speed and the results
will be added below.

Cameras tested with this card: Canon EOS R, Fuji X-T3, Nikon Coolpix P1000

The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.

The internal card register contains information about the SD card. According to the SD card register, this card was manufactured November 2017. Its OEM ID indicates that the card was produced by AData (AD).

Available sizes and prices

Compare prices on the AData Premier One card. The lowest prices are highlighted in the table below. Prices are updated daily.

Card	Size GB	Lowest $ / GB	Prices
			Amazon	B&H Photo	Adorama
AData Premier One UHS-II V90 64GB SDXC	64	$0. 69	$43.89		Check price
AData Premier One UHS-II V90 128GB SDXC	128	$1.34	$171.00		Check price
AData Premier One UHS-II V90 256GB SDXC	256	$0.73	$186.45		Check price

128 GB ADATA Premier Pro microSDXC memory card review — i2HARD

Dmitry Elagin (nnm_dr)

September 5, 2020

ADATA Premier Pro series microSD memory cards support V30 and A2 speed classes, and, according to the manufacturer, have an increased resource, so they can work efficiently in any compatible modern devices.

ADATA Premier Pro series microSD memory cards are available in capacities from 32 GB to 512 GB. The media correspond to classes V30 and A2. The review will consider the 128 GB version.

General & Technical

• Series: Premier Pro
• Format: microSDXC
• Volume: 128 GB
• Product code: AUSDX128GUI3V30SA2-RA1
• Speed ​​classes: A2, V30, UHS-I (U3)
• Claimed read speed: 100 MB/s
• Country of origin: Taiwan
• Warranty: lifetime

Packaging and contents

The Premier Pro microSDXC memory card, along with the SD adapter, is placed inside a blister, which is fixed between the parts of the carton.

On its reverse side, in addition to notes, the country of production (Taiwan) and the product code (AUSDX128GUI3V30SA2-RA1) are indicated.

Speed ​​classes

The storage medium complies with the following speed classes:

• UHS-I (U3), aka V30 — The minimum write line speed is 30MB/s, allowing you to record in 4K Ultra HD.
• A2 — with random reading and writing of small block data, the performance is at least 4000 and 2000 operations per second, respectively. The parameter is important when using a memory card to run applications in smartphones.

The maximum declared read speed is 100 MB / s, a similar parameter for write speed is not specified.

Memory card capacity

The memory card belongs to the microSDXC standard and is formatted in the exFAT file system. The actual storage capacity in binary terms is 120,547 MiB or 117 GiB.

Testing

The memory card was tested through a Transcend RDF5 card reader, which was connected to an Orient VL-3U2PE controller. Operating system — Windows 10 version 1909.

h3testw 1.4

The entire volume of the memory card is overwritten three times with pseudo-random values ​​so that the following tests are carried out in conditions close to real ones. The program outputs results in binary megabytes (mebibytes).

The results of the third pass: the read speed was 79.3 MiB/s, the write speed was 42 MiB/s. When converted to decimal units, the speeds are 82.8 and 44 MB / s, respectively.

CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64

For testing, files of 16, 128, 1000 and 2000 MiB were used with five repetitions for each volume. The settings are set by default.

The linear read speed on all data volumes was 96–97 MB/s.

The maximum sequential write speed — 68 MB / s — was obtained on a test file of the minimum size (16 MiB). On other volumes, the results were fixed in the range of 48–52 MB/s, depending on the number of queues.

Random read rates in 4 KB blocks on all volumes are in the range of 8-9. 6 MB / s. The results of random writes in 4 KB blocks were 3.5–4 MB/s. The values ​​obtained with a queue depth of 32 do not differ much.

USB Flash Benchmark

To test read and write speeds, the program uses data blocks of different sizes (from 1 KB to 16 MB), which are tested on a file of a certain size (1, 10 or 100 MB). Each measurement is taken three times, after which the average value is displayed.

The result graph does not reflect exact values, but all measurements are logged.

The maximum read speeds (81–91 MB/s) were obtained on data blocks from 64 KB to 16 MB. The highest write speeds were recorded on blocks ranging in size from 512 KB to 16 MB: the results were 37–45 MB/s.

Speed ​​classes A1 and A2

Classes A1 and A2 describe the performance of memory cards when running applications, which is important, for example, for smartphones and tablets. Class A1 guarantees random read and write performance of at least 1500 and 500 operations per second (IOPS), respectively, class A2 — 4000 and 2000 operations per second.

An important point is the fact that in order to obtain class A2 performance, not only the memory card must have the necessary characteristics, but the device itself must comply with the SD 6.0 specification.

Thus, it is quite difficult for typical test programs and devices to obtain results that would correspond to class A2. Therefore, to evaluate the performance, we compared the considered class A2 memory card with a memory card from another manufacturer of the same volume, but class A1.

Class A2 does not mean that a memory card of this class should be ahead of a memory card of class A1 in everything. No, as the rating only applies to random small-block operations.

In the AS SSD program, the performance differences of two cards of different classes can be seen from the 4K-64Thrd test — these are random reading and writing of 4K blocks with 64 threads. The class A2 memory card achieved 3195 write operations per second, which is 65% higher than the same result of the class A1 memory card.

The second test was performed using AndroBench on a modern Nokia 7.2 mid-range smartphone running Android 10. The A2 class memory card has a 4K block random write rate almost 2.5 times higher than the A1 card.

Totals

Based on the results of testing the 128 GB version of the ADATA Premier Pro memory card, linear read speeds ranged from 83 to 96 MB/s. Sequential write speeds are in the range of 44-68 MB/s.

According to the manufacturer, Premier Pro series storage media have a longer life than standard memory cards. Therefore, they are able to «withstand» more rewriting cycles, which is important when used in DVRs and video surveillance systems.

In smartphones and tablets, a memory card can be used both for storing data and for installing applications. In both cases, the storage media will not be a bottleneck — the V30 speed class allows you to record video in 4K format, and the A2 class is able to provide excellent performance when running applications. But in order to achieve the maximum performance of class A2, it is necessary that the smartphone meets the SD 6.0 specification. This means that class A2 is redundant for most mass-produced devices.

According to reviews, Premier Pro series microSD memory cards are universal in use and are able to work efficiently in modern devices of various types without creating speed restrictions.

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Package

Packed in a dark blister pack.