VisionTek 120GB USB 3.0 Pocket SSD Drive Review

By Nathan Kirsch January 28, 2015

The SSD Benchmark Test System

Before we look at the numbers, lets take a brief look at the test system that was used. All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit and benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. Windows has the power option set to high performance.

Intel Z97 Test System

The Intel Z97 platform that we used to test the Inateck FE2006 was based around the ASUS Z97-A motherboard with BIOS 2012 that came out on 10/24/2014. The Corsair Dominator Platinum 8GB 2133MHz memory kit was set to XMP 1.3 memory profile settings, which is 1.65v with 9-11-11-31 2T memory timings. The Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD was used as the primary drive (uses 19nm NAND and M310 firmware).

Intel Z97 Test Bench

Intel LGA 1150 Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Core i7 4790k	Click Here
Motherboard	ASUS Z97-A	Click Here
Memory	Corsair Platinum 2133MHz 8GB	Click Here
OS Drive	Corsair Neutron 240GB	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair AX860i	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit	Click Here

VisionTek USB 3.0 Portable SSD 120GB Capacity:

VisionTek USB 3.0 Portable SSD S.M.A.R.T. Info and Temperatures:

CrystalDiskInfo shows the VisionTek USB 3.0 Pocket SSD supports S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ and TRIM. While the controller supports TRIM we have been told that TRIM will not work over USB 3.0 on this particular drive. We also heard these drives got hot and found that the drive got up to 48C after moving four 4GB movie files. This means that the metal housing get warm to the touch, but it isn’t hot enough to be a major concern.

ASUS USB 3.0 Boost:

We wanted to make sure ASUS USB 3.0 Boost was enabled and opened up AI Suite 3 and sure enough the drive showed up as having UASP support. The Samsung Portable SSD T1 showed up as a SCSI Disk Device in Windows 8.1.

Let’s have a look at the performance!