Review on Transcend JetFlash Flash Drive TS16GJF790K by Wiktor Borowski ᠌

Name: Transcend JetFlash Flash Drive TS16GJF790K
Item: Transcend JetFlash Flash Drive TS16GJF790K
Rating: 4

July 04, 2023

Satisfied with the product, I recommend it to everyone.

Chose judging by the reviews on the Internet and because of the brand. I took it for a bootable system flash drive, now I don’t know if it will be of any use.
My old Transcend J780 16Gb flash drive from 5 years ago shows 33Mb/s write and 170Mb/s read.
Therefore, for those who choose the best, I recommend taking this particular one.
Either flash drives began to be made differently, or it needs to be plugged into a USB3.1 port in order to see the declared speeds, I don’t know.
But keep in mind, the write speed of random small blocks of the J790 will be better than the J780 - 1Mb / s versus 0.2 Mb / s.
By the way, the photo of the packaging is different from the one shown in the picture, at my speed they are not indicated and the USB 3.1 Gen 1 interface is indicated.
PS. A later test showed a normal write speed of 35Mb / s on Windows 7.

It seems that the price of a flash drive still plays a role, the more expensive, the better it really will be.
I took this one for cheap, as I needed an inexpensive bootable USB flash drive, plus for transferring video.

Pros

Nice shape but plastic. I have not used it yet, so I can’t say anything other than synthetic tests.

Cons

The retractable mechanism is rather weak, you need to hold it when installing it in the port. Strange, but according to the test, the sequential write speed is rather low - 15Mb / s, read 79Mb / s on the USB3.0 port. This is in line with the USB2.0 entry and is not in line with the many reviews on the market. Comparative measurements will be posted on aliexpress. Later I took measurements on another Win7, the measurements are different, now reading is 85Mb / s, writing is 35Mb / s, which is better. Probably, system firewood plays a role here.