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PerformanceThe FirmTek miniSwap/U3 provides outstanding performance with 2.5" SATA hard disks or 6G SSD devices. RAID 0 average write performance of 788MB/sec. can be achieved when two miniSwap/U3 enclosures with 6G SSDs are connected to a 2012 or later Apple MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini or iMac computer. The USB 3.0 based miniSwap/U3 provides an ultra high performance solution for mounting 2.5" solid state drives (SSD) or traditional hard disks externally. The miniSwap/U3 offers ultra-fast storage for all sorts of computers - even the Surface Pro.
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High Performance USB 3.0 ports are available on 2012 iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air |
Samsung 840 Pro 256G | 443MB/s Read 433MB/s Write |
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| Samsung EVO 1TB | 435MB/s Read 424MB/s Write |
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| OCZ Vertex 3 256G | 428MB/s Read 422MB/s Write |
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| OWC Mercury Ext 240G | 424MB/s Read 430MB/s Write |
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| SanDisk Extreme | 420MB/s Read 427MB/s Write |
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| Dual miniSwap/U3 RAID 0 |  |
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| Striped RAID - Two Samsung 840 Pro 256G | 636MB/s Read 788MB/s Write |
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| Striped RAID - Two OWC Mercury Ext 240G | 618MB/s Read 764MB/s Write |
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Surface Pro with miniSwap/U3 | |
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| SanDisk Extreme | 396MB/s Read 363MB/s Write |
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This information was produced by FirmTek, LLC for customers desiring an analysis of the performance options available with the FirmTek miniSwap/U3 and the 2012 Apple MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.8.2. The Microsoft Surface Pro was tested using both AJA and ATTO Disk Benchmark. Clicking on the performace data will provide a larger image. Results may vary with different SSD, HDD and computer operating systems.