Verbatim Store N Go 512 MB

Test results

Now its time to put the drive to the test and give you a general idea of what the performance might be. CDR-Zone.COM have found SiSoft Sandra to be a most reliable piece of software for general benchmarking, which is good because I've used two benchmarks from the suite. One should remember that these benchmarks are an accurate recording of a moment in time under controlled conditions, but results may vary in real-life situations. It all depends on the system, USB port, data and load used with the drives. Please don't use the benchmarks as a definite source but more for a general idea of what it can do in measured and controlled situations.

Store N Go test results These benchmarks allow us to show you the test results of the Verbatim Store N Go per separate benchmark. Sisoft Sandra 2007 File System Benchmark Sisoft Sandra 2007 Removable Storage Benchmark HDTune Benchmark HDTach Benchmark CDCheck Benchmark

The drive shows a steady speed around all tests. In the removable storage tests from Sisoft Sandra, you can even see that it holds its own ground when the files get bigger and it has a high endurance factor. That makes it a tough little drive.

I've tested the drives with a security part that was unlocked as well. There wasn't any significant change to show you on that area. The drive simply performed the same no matter the lock down.

The compatibility tests are designed to show some real life cases on how the drive may perform. I have used different types of media on the drive and try to play, access or load it and see how well it performs. In this case the drive is also split up into two volumes, so I've played, accessed and loaded from both at the same time as well. Some types of media have theoretical bit-rates to make them play ok, if the drives don't perform as fast as they should, the media should be unplayable. Below you will find the results listed.

The media tests were no problem at all. All the media played or ran correctly, even when the drive was locked down there were no problems.

The bit-rate values for the operating systems, documents and pictures don't apply here; those types of data use what ever throughput from the file system is available. That means if the media, on which it is carried, is slow, it will load slowly and the other way around too. However if the media is too slow you will receive errors and timeouts.

This drive can easily boot several operating systems without much of any problems. The hardest thing is setting up the operating system to boot from USB. Dos boots the fastest, then comes Linux with Windows as a close third.