Other by stefan @ 2011-04-05
The Mach Xtreme MX-GX USB 3.0 Flash Drives offer incredible read speeds and come in 4 different flavours: 8GB, 16GB, 32GB or 64GB; they are also priced competitively, the 16GB model being found at CaseKing.de for about 29.90 Euros.
At first I would like to thank CaseKing.de for offering me a sample of the Mach Xtreme Technology MX-GX 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive product for review.
"Mach Xtreme Technology is a newly established Company since January 2010 constructed of a combination of elite professionals who have had years of exceptional exposure and involvement in the IT industry. Our dedicated team has expert knowledge covering all aspects of the IT industry and more specifically in development of innovative products along with aggressive marketing and effective distribution.
MX-Technology achieves the highest performance possible through it's continuous research & development which ensures rapid advancements of SSD, memory and Flash drives. MX-Technology enable their customers to achieve maximum efficiency with matching performance to make time spent on work more convenient and productive.
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The MX-GX Flash Drive from Mach Xtreme is shipped inside a very small packaging; we can see how the product looks right away from the front, along with some of the product features:
On the back, we can find a serial number, a product description and the technical specifications:
The product is compact and comes with a metallic and plastic housing; on one of the sides, we can find the Mach Xtreme logo, along with the USB 3.0 interface logo:
The other side looks identical, except we get to see the model name of the product this time:
One of the ends has a small hole ready to insert a lanyard (which is not included):
The opposite end holds the USB 3.0 connector, which is protected with a small cap:
On the connector, we can also find a product serial, written with laser:
The testbench was composed from the following hardware:
CPU: Intel I7 Retail @ stock
Motherboard: Foxconn BloodRage with G42 BIOS
RAM: 3x2GB Patriot PVT36G1600LLK 1600MHz
Video: Sparkle GTX 470 with stock and OMNI A.L.C.
Power Supply: Nexus RX-8500 850W modular
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & Patriot TorqX 64GB SSD
Case: Thermaltake Armor+ LCS, stock cooling
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
The flash drive from Mach Xtreme comes with two software utilities preloaded on it; one of them is named FNet TurboFlash USB, which permits us to switch between Normal and Turbo speeds of the flash drive (the application is very similar with the one that ASRock P67 we have tested had: XFast USB). The installation can be done very easy:
The software permits us to safely eject the drive, but also to switch between the "Normal" and "Turbo" Speed modes:
When clicking on the About button, we can discover that "this version only supports VL750 IC", so it does not work with other flash drives (they simply do not get detected by the application, when inserted). The application from ASRock worked no matter what flash drive was inserted:
The second application permits us to format the USB3 Flash Drive with the File System of our choice:
To determine the flash drive read speeds, the HD Tune 4.60 utility was used:
To measure the real life performance, I have used the Total Commander application to copy to the flash drive and from the flash drive the same file and recorded the transfer speeds, when they have stabilized.
File Copy Normal Mode
File Read Normal Mode
File Copy Turbo Mode
File Read Turbo Mode
The read speeds the MX-GX 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive from Mach Xtreme are amazing, being able to reach near 130MB/s in the HD Tune transfer tests; however, the copy speeds are near some of the high performance USB 2.0 drives on the market. The MX-GX model comes in four flavors, each with its own read/write speed: 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB.
Extra software is also bundled with the flash drive, for being able to enable the “Turbo” feature, but also to format the drive with the file system of our choice.
The MX-GX 16GB model can be found at CaseKing.de for about 29.90 Euros, including taxes.
I would like to thank again to CaseKing.de for offering me a sample of this product for review!