Other by stefan @ 2018-08-03
The mainstream M203 High Speed microSDXC card from Toshiba is offering decent write speeds of about 24MB/s, permitting video shooting up to Full HD or taking photos at high resolutions with our preferred cameras. The captured multimedia content can be transferred to other devices thanks to the high read speed rate (about 92MB/s) and the product is also backed by no less than 5 years of warranty.
At first we would like to thank Toshiba Corporation for offering a sample of their High Speed M203 MicroSDXC Card 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).”
Capture Your Precious Moments
The new microSD™ UHS-I card is able to quickly transfer data to PC with higher read speed rate and offers large capacity with BiCS FLASH™ architecture.
Best flexibility for all exiting moments
Ideal for mobile device user looking for extended storage.
5 Year Warranty
Engineered to Toshiba’s famously high quality standards, the Toshiba SD Memory Cards are backed by a solid five-year limited standard warranty. microSD™ M203 is shock and waterproof.
The M203 microSDXC card from Toshiba does take part of the High Speed series and is available with multiple storage capacities (16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB). This particular model is aimed at the mainstream segment and Toshiba recommends it for use in cameras and mobile phones.
M203 is shipped inside a simple cardboard enclosure, with the main highlights listed on the frontal layer; our sample did also include the optional microSD adapter:
On the back side of the packaging, we will get to see some information regarding the total, usable free space of the 256GB model, some compatibility notices but also the usual internal numbers and SN:
Besides the cardboard layer, the card along with the adapter are protected inside a sealed transparent plastic enclosure:
The microSD adapter carries the ADP-HS02 code name and with it we can also lock the card in read-only position:
On its back, we will observe the gold plated contacts, but also a manufacturing date:
The M203 card comes with Speed Class 1 (U1) rating and a maximum read speed of 100MB/s:
Here is also a look on the back of the product:
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 Toshiba EXCERIA PRO M203 microSDXC Card comes formatted exFAT:
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 card and from the card the same file and recorded the transfer speeds, when they have stabilized.
File Copy
File Read
The mainstream M203 High Speed microSDXC card from Toshiba is offering decent write speeds of about 24MB/s, permitting video shooting up to Full HD or taking photos at high resolutions with our preferred cameras. The captured multimedia content can be transferred to other devices thanks to the high read speed rate (about 92MB/s) and the product is also backed by no less than 5 years of warranty.
Toshiba does include the M203 with or without the SD card adapter, which allows compatibility with even more devices.
Online, we can find the 16GB version for about 5.5 Euros, the 32GB for about 9.5 Euros, the 64GB for 16.9 Euros, the 128GB for 37 Euros, while the 256GB version can be purchased for about 78.5 Euros.
We would like to thank Toshiba Corporation for making this review possible!