Kingston DataTraveler Max Type-A 256GB High Performance USB Flash Drive USB 3.2 Gen 2 Up to 1000 MB/s Sliding Cap Design DTMAXA/256GB

Great performance.Way faster than other pen drives.

The media could not be loaded. The average speed of this Kingston DataTaveler Max on a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port was found to be 3 times the average speed of Sandisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1. And on a USB 3.0 port, the average speed of Kingston DataTraveler Max was higher than Sandisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1.Even Price wise Kingston DataTraveller Max 256GB is 50% cheaper than Sandisk Extreme Pro USB3.1The speed of a Pen drive depends on many things:Speed Testing Purpose:if it's used on speed testing software like CrystalDisk mark where we want to check if the speed mentioned by the manufacturer exists, then under such case we have to arrange the exact hardware required to achieve such speed. I used the pen drive on a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A Port for my test, thus I was able to achieve the manufacturer-claimed speed. But CrystalDiskMark uses the overall bus speed of the motherboard which in my case was 16GB/s(All motherboards having NVME Gen 4 or higher storage have 16GB/s Bus speed) thus it was able to attain the speed of approx. 1GB/s Read and write, but let’s suppose someone is using this pen drive on an older motherboard whose bus speed is 6GB/s( All motherboards having SATA SSD, M.2 SSD, NVME Gen 1 have bus speed of 6GB/s) then the maximum speed he/she could achieve would be maximum 550MB/s if used on a USB3.1/USB3.0 Type-A port.Practical Speed:The practical speed of the pendrive will vary between different storages. If files are copied or written to an HDD using USB 2.0 max speed is 35MB/s, an HDD using USB3.0 Max speed is 150MB/s, an SSD SATA using USB2.0 Max speed is 35MB/s, an SSD SATA using USB3.0 max speed is 550MB/s, an NVME Gen 1 using USB3.0 max speed of 550MB/s, on an NVME Gen 2 Using USB3.1 max speed is 550MB/s, on an NVME Gen 4 using USB 3.2 port max speed 1200MB/s and so on ….Speed also depends upon the type of file been copied or writtenLet’s suppose it’s a zipped file of 10GB the speed will be the highest, it’s a single video file of 10GB it will be relatively slower, it’s its multiple pictures all summing up to 10GB the speed will be the slowest.Thus, it depends upon many factors, it would be best to have specified hardware before buying if you are willing to achieve higher speeds.

I store my data which are essential for my business in this

The pendrive stopped working within 2 weeks of buying it. It just shows up as unspecified in the device manager.

Even though the packaging wasn't good at all but the product is excellent 👌.I'd recommend anyone to buy while offers are available.1 star has been cut down for bad packaging.