

Starting at $11.99 for the 64GB version, our 256GB review sample will only set you back $34.99. The PNY Elite-X Class 10 U3 V30 SD Flash Memory Cards are very reasonably priced. Of course, your performance will vary depending on the camera you use, but as you can see, the PNY Elite-X Class 10 U3 V30 SD Flash Memory Card offers up pretty decent write speeds compared to an SDHC card. It then only took about another 12 seconds for the write operation to complete on the memory card. Again, shooting RAW files in continuous burst mode, I was able to take 25 pictures in about 2 1/2 seconds before the camera would stop firing.

With the PNY Elite-X Class 10 U3 V30 SD Flash Memory Card, real-world performance was much better and on par with the Samsung card. It would then take another 28 seconds for the write operation to complete on the memory card. Shooting in RAW mode, continuous burst, I could get around 15 images over about 1 1/2 seconds before the camera would stop. While it worked well enough, it only gets about 20MB/s write and 87MB/s read in the ATTO Disk Benchmark test.
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Of note, the PNY card did slightly better on the IOPS tests than the Samsung PRO Plus SDXC card we reviewed previously.īefore I upgraded to the Samsung PRO Plus SDXC card, I’d been using a SanDisk Ultra SDHC UHS-I card in my Sony a6000 mirrorless camera. Benchmarks are great, but real-world performance is what matters most. In practice, this means it meets the performance metrics required by an A1 rating for app performance use. We averaged around 2830 read/1570 write speed during the 4K test, and 3679 read/1245 write speed during the 512B test during our IOPS test. AS SSD Seq Read 87.79 MB/s AS SSD Seq Write 76.27 MB/s ATTO Disk Benchmark Seq Read (max) 87.85 MB/s ATTO Disk Benchmark Seq Write (max) 79.88 MB/s CrystalDiskMark Seq Read (Q8T1) 92.42 MB/s CrystalDiskMark Seq Write (Q8T1) 83.56 MB/s While the company doesn’t divulge the exact write speed, it does say it is lower “depending on the host devices and user’s settings and configurations.” PNY also specifies that they are great for burst mode HD photography and 4K Ultra HD videography.Īs I usually do with storage drives and memory cards, I ran it through several benchmarks on their default settings. The PNY Elite-X Class 10 U3 V30 SD Flash Memory Card is rated at up to 100MB/s read speed. The PNY Elite-X Class 10 U3 V30 SD 256GB Flash Memory Card.
