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NINTENDO SWITCH 2 GAME DATA TRANSFER COMPARISON
For this test, the Lexar Play Pro microSD Express 1TB Memory Card is installed into the Switch 2 and game data is moved from the console to the card and then moved back to the console, both timings being measured and recorded. The size of the data being mmoved is 34.4GB.
NINTENDO SWITCH 2 GAME LOAD TIME COMPARISON
This benchmark entails transfering all game data to the storage card and measuring the time for the game to start, drawing data from that SDXC Express card.
MICROSDXC EXPRESS SUSTAINED WRITE COMPARISON
In order to obtain sustained write performance, an 85GB file is transferred from the PC to the microSDXC Express card via the SanDisk Dual Card SD Express Card Pro-Reader. By using this reader, data transfer was achieved while maintaining a suitable card temperature. The sustained write result of the Lexar Play Pro microSDXC 1TB card was determined to be 270MB/s.
When compared to the three other SD Express cards we have on hand, Lexar pulled off the top sustained write performance as shown here:
REPORT SUMMARY AND FINAL THOUGHTS
Where are first ADATA Premier Extreme microSDXC Express report brought us an introduction to the incredible speeds this extremely small storage medium has to offer, Lexar takes it a step further by bumping the capacity to 1TB…and then packing on a lifetime warranty to boot. This will be a hit with Nintendo switch 2 gamers as there never seems to be enough space once the games pile up.
The Lexar microSDXC Express 1TB Memory card reaches SD7.1 expected performance of 827MB/s read and 696MB/s write. Where the read throughput is just a bit lower than listed as might be expected with a 200 series PC, write performance is just below 100MB/s above listed specifications of 600MB/s. Better yet, the Play Pro pulled off the best sustained write performance with plenty in the tank to spare. With respect to pricing, there are now several brands advertising 256/512 availability and all seem to have a fairly close price point, but only Lexar has that magical 1TB capacity and at a price. EdItors Choice.
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i wonder if you could test, a SINGLE file of 900 GB transfer in writing to it, whether then the 600 MB/s would be sustained, or whether after a SLC cache peak speed of perhaps 100 GB transferred, it would radically start drop down to its “standard” 210 MB/s for the rest of the transfer. Akin to Tech Powerup reports (i forgot with what tool one could do this, but maybe you have (or can make) a huge single file, to test it even in the Windows transfer. thanks
You are drawing comparison to one of the best SSDs on the planet, the Samsung 9100 Pro to another NAND flash based product that isn’t remotely in the same category, a newly released MicroSD Express card. We have addressed this same question on several occasions by acknowledging that the beauty of having several reports published ‘net-wide’ is the expanded nature of testing. We are happy with our test regimen and won’t be conducting any further sustained write testing as the sustained write testing conducted on this MicroSD Express card is completely valid. In fact, we might suggest that our ‘sustained write’ testing doesn’t get much better than ACTUAL movement of several complete programs from and back onto the device itself. Thank you for reaching out.