Kingston DataTraveler 16Gb pen drive - slow speed under Windows 7?

Dear SevenForums,

I recently bought a Kingston DataTraveler 16Gb Usb 2.0 pen drive and last night I tried timing some write speeds on it, as I thought it was kind of slow (real slow for my machine as a matter of fact).

Formatted it as NTFS, default unit allocation size, and tried copying a 7.06 GB file (single file) on it. Timed the run, took it 22min 11sec, on an average write speed of 6.5 MB/s (advertised 10 MB/s). Here's my full PC spec, I personally believe it is too slow, but please judge for yourselves

OS: Win7 32-bit (fresh install)
Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
CPU: Intel i7 920 @ 2.67 Ghz
RAM: 3GB @ 1333 Mhz
GPU: nVidia 8800GT
Storage: SSD OCZ Vertex 2 60GB (boot drive) + Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM (the drive I copied the file from)

Note: already tried re-formatting the drive and messing around with the 'Optimize for Better performance' setting under the Policies tab, (+ every other speed booster setting I knew of), but the 6.5 MB/s average was the best I could get from it.

I am also fully aware of Windows 7's problems in handling USB transfer rates, I have already patched to SP1 and running full updates.
Also, my friend's much older PC, running XP, seems to transfer to it a lot faster.

Thoughts?
Thanks.

Hello andreibutilca and welcome to Seven Forums.

I don't think 6.5 MB/s is bad. Remember, advertised speeds are done using the manufacturer's own testing guidelines and do not necessarily represent real world situations. It's kinda like my ISP. They advertise "up to" 6 Mbps download speed. I'm lucky if I get 3-4 Mbps.

Heh, indeed it is!

To be honest, I was not quite expecting lightning speed from it (nowhere near manufacturer speed), but as far as I can understand from your post, the speeds are okay and 22min for a 7 gig file should be decent for my rig.

Far less concerned now, thank you!

Thank you for the reply!

I've just downloaded the tool and it is currently testing the usb drive. I honestly don't think it's damaged or anything, as I ran some HD Tune tests on it before, just to be sure, and no bad/damaged sectors showed up.

I'll let it finish, nevertheless, thanks for the intel! :)

But honestly, 22min on an avg 6.5MB/s for a 7.06GB file? Is this slow or fast in your opinion? I can definitely live up with it if it's a normal operating speed.

Thanks for your time.

I see. I wanted this particular pen because it was on sale, and 16Gb is just right for my needs (never expected turbo performances, though).

I usually set it to copy some files, then I go shower or drink some coffee, and by the time I'm back, it's usually done.

I'll be playing some more with this handy tool you gave me, just for the record.