Test Setup
Testing was accomplished on a blank formatted card. I also used the Lexar Multi-Card 2-in-1 USB 3.1 Reader for maximum potential. Our test setup consists of the following hardware:
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) |
| Cooling | AORUS LIQUID COOLER 240 |
| Motherboard | Asus ROG Maximus X Hero Z370 |
| Ram | Zadak 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 4133 MHz |
| HDD | Samsung 960 EVO 250GB PCIE M.2 SSD |
| PSU | Antec Signature Series 1000W |
| OS | Windows 10 |
“Speeds based on internal testing. Actual performance may vary. Read/write speed full performance achieved only when paired with Lexar Multi-Card 2-in-1 USB 3.1 Reader or Lexar Professional Multi-Card 3-in-1 USB 3.1 Reader marked with Rev B, or visit the Lexar website or contact Lexar Technical Support to update reader firmware.”
I will be testing out of the box performance. Nothing downloaded or changed to the firmware of the reader. Doesn’t seem to available at this time? I also used the the USB 3.2 port on the motherboard just to be sure I wasn’t creating any bottlenecks in the controllers. On a side not I did test a few passes using the front I/O 3.0 ports and had readings that were basically the same.
