Other by stefan @ 2018-02-01
The TransMemory U364 USB Flash Drive from Toshiba was thought as very compact storage device on the v3.0 bus and is compatible with most operating systems. It weighs just about 3 grams and is available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB formats. These drives are covered by a five year warranty from the date of purchase.
At first we would like to thank Toshiba Corporation for offering a sample of their TransMemory U364 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive for testing and reviewing.
“Toshiba is a world leader and innovator in pioneering high technology, a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products spanning information & communications systems; digital consumer products; electronic devices and components; power systems, including nuclear energy; industrial and social infrastructure systems; and home appliances. Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 740 companies, with 204,000 employees worldwide and annual sales surpassing 6.3 trillion yen (US$68 billion).”
The Smallest Toshiba USB of all
Additional storage for your notebook PC with a look that blends in almost seamlessly! The new TransMemory USB 3.0 Flash Drive is Toshiba’s smallest USB, combining big capacities and a maximum read transfer speed of 120MB/s into the smallest, most discrete USB stick yet. The TransMemory USB 3.0 is available in three different capacities: 32, 64, and 128GB.
High Capacity
With up to 128GB Capacity, the series offers plenty of space for your documents, videos, photos and music.
5 Year Warranty
These Flash drives are covered by a five year warranty from the date of purchase.
The tiny U364 USB flash drive from Toshiba is shipped inside a simple cardboard packaging, which mentions the storage capacity of the SKU but we do also get a speed rating “Read Speed up to 120MB/s”:
On the back side of the enclosure, the manufacturer has detailed the actual quantity of free space after the drive has been formatted (usable capacity), along with the list of supported operating systems:
Judging by the shape of the U364 drive, this one was mostly designed to be used with laptops and other portable devices, where we can plug it in and leave it there, without interfering with other devices connected to nearby ports:
The opposite side of the USB 3.0 port does contain the product internal code name, which is laser etched:
Here is also a look from the frontal area of the interface:
The testbench was composed from the following hardware:
CPU: Intel I5 4690K Retail @ stock
Motherboard: BIOSTAR GAMING Z97X
RAM: GeIL Black Dragon 4x4GB DDR2133 (@1600)
Video: Sparkle GTX 470 with stock and OMNI A.L.C.
Power Supply: Nexus RX-8500 850W modular
HDD: OCZ Vertex 4 240GB SSD
Case: Thermaltake Armor+ LCS, stock cooling
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
The TransMemory U364 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive has arrived formatted FAT32:
To determine the flash drive read speeds, the HD Tune v5 utility was used:
To measure the real life performance, we 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, after they have stabilized.
File Copy
File Read
We have also performed some extra tests with this drive and the results can be checked out right here:
The TransMemory U364 USB Flash Drive from Toshiba was thought as very compact storage device on the v3.0 bus and is compatible with most operating systems. It weighs just about 3 grams and is available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB formats.
The U364 USB 3.0 transfer speeds are very much the same with the U363 model, which means around 90MB/s reads and 18MB/s writes; the write speed could be a little better, but if we are not transferring large files frequently, this could be considered a non-issue.
The 32GB variant of the drive can be bought for about 12.86 Euros, the 64GB version for about 23.36 Euros, while the 128GB can be had for about 42.9 Euros; for all models, we do get fair prices considering the transfer speeds of the product.
We would like to thank again to Toshiba Corporation for making this review possible!