Other by stefan @ 2014-12-19
The Marvel M70 USB 3.0 Flash Drive from Silicon Power has given us a pretty good impression regarding the transfer speeds and by using sandblasted zinc alloy and plastic, the overall look is quite professional.
We would like to thank at first Silicon Power for supplying a sample of their Marvel M70 USB 3.0 Flash Drive for testing and reviewing.
“Silicon Power Computer & Communications Inc., founded in 2003 by a group of enthusiastic specialists in International Business, Global Marketing, and Technical Engineering of flash data storage industry. Well dedicated in brand image and product quality, Silicon Power has been recognized and well accepted by millions of end-users in more than 100 countries, becomes the world's leading manufacturer of flash memory cards, USB flash drives, card readers, DRAM modules, solid state disks, and portable hard drives in less than a decade. Headquartered in Taipei, we continuously established various branches throughout the world including Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Mainland China and other emerging market to reach the worldwide market.
Silicon Power's overall performance has gradually drawn great attention worldwide. In 2006, we received Taiwan Rising Star Award for our foreign business achievement. In 2008, we won 17th National Outstanding Small & Medium Enterprise Award for our outstanding progress. Moreover, with superior quality and innovative design, our products stood out in several competitions and awarded Taiwan Excellence and COMPUTEX Design & Innovation Award in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Winning trust of global consumers, Silicon Power holds a record of successive double-digit revenue growth for last seven years. According to the Common Wealth Magazine's 2010 Survey of Taiwan Top 1000 Manufacturers, our 2009 revenue growth rate was ranked No.11 among Taiwan's top 1000 manufacturers, and even ranked No.1 in semiconductor industry.
Positioned as Passionate, Creative and Hungry for Success, Silicon Power introduces products for users who are seeking individualized, unique and personal digital storage devices. With the mission of creating unprecedented experience for users, Silicon Power will endeavor to deliver a full range of high quality products that have innovative designs, distinctly unique features and comprehensive after sales services to create and fulfill your personal memory.”
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface with speeds up to Read/Write 240MB/s | 80MB/s
Luxurious zinc alloy casing
One-handed operation with intelligent retractable USB connector design
Ergonomic shape for easier operation
Cap-less design to keep the drive away from dust and debris
SP Widget free download software, providing 7 major back-up and Secure functions
Recuva File Recovery, allowing recovery of erased files, such as digital photos, documents, music and videos
128GB = Up to Read 240 MB/s Write 80 MB/s
64GB = Up to Read 230 MB/s Write 80 MB/s
32GB = Up to Read 200 MB/s Write 40 MB/s
Dimension: 56.6 * 20.0 * 12.4 mm (+/-0.3mm)
Weight: 16.8g (+/-10%)
Capacity: 32GB 64GB 128GB
Material: Zinc Alloy/ Plastic
Color: Dark grey / Silver
Interface: USB 3.0 / USB 2.0/ USB 1.1 compatible
Operating temperature: 0° C ~ 70° C
Supported OS: Windows 8/7/XP, Mac OS 10.3.x, Linux 2.6.x
Warranty: Lifetime warranty
This next article will include the presentation and tests of one of the latest USB 3.0 flash drives from Silicon Power, the Marvel M70; the product is shipped inside a small cardboard enclosure with a plastic window, so we will be able to see in detail how the chassis looks like; also in the front we will be able to spot the rated speeds along with the total storage space:
If we look on the laterals, Silicon Power has approximated the number of Digital Photos, Videos or MP3 Music files which could fit on the 128MB drive:
Some of the features of the product can be spotted on the opposite side:
On the back side of the packaging, Silicon Power has made a small product presentation, in multiple languages:
This time the manufacturer has went with a high-quality metallic casing, which is made from sand blasted zinc alloy; the central button aids the retractable mechanism and the red activity LED is placed carefully near the plastic central component:
In the back we have holes for fitting a lanyard:
With the retractable system, the USB port is well protected and we do not need an extra cover:
On the back and laterals, we will be able to observe again the sleek design of the M70:
The USB 3.0 port can be ejected with ease thanks to the central plastic button:
The testbench was composed from the following hardware:
CPU: Intel I5 4670K Retail @ stock
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-UD5H
RAM: GeIL Black Dragon 2x4GB DDR2133 (@1600)
Video: Sparkle GTX 470 with stock and OMNI A.L.C.
Power Supply: Nexus RX-8500 850W modular
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & OCZ Vertex 4 240GB SSD
Case: Thermaltake Armor+ LCS, stock cooling
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
The Silicon Power Marvel M70 USB 3.0 Flash Drive has arrived formatted FAT32:
Some data was preloaded on the drive which aids product registration:
To determine the flash drive read speeds, the HD Tune v5 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
File Read
The Marvel M70 USB 3.0 Flash Drive from Silicon Power has given us a pretty good impression regarding the transfer speeds and by using sandblasted zinc alloy and plastic, the overall look is quite professional. Also, by using a retractable port design, we do not need to use a protective cover anymore but we are a little bit reserved on the durability of such solutions since we have seen in the past the mechanism failing at other models.
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We would like to thank again to Silicon Power for making this review possible!