OCZ CrossOver 8GB flash drive review

OCZ’s CrossOver is also a card reader so we decided to include the read and write speeds of it when the microSD card is plugged in. When you plug the microSD card in, it appears as a separate removable storage drive, just as you would expect from a normal card reader.

As you can see from the HD Tune read benchmark, this is after all a value product, and we didn’t expect any miracles from it. It managed to outperform Kingston’s Data Traveler which is a nice result, but once again high performance flash drives like Xporter simply takes the lead.

SiSoft Sandra write test was even more surprising as OCZ manages to outperform both Kingston’s DT 4GB and Kingmax’s tiny Super Stick. The most interesting result is the OCZ’s microSD 1GB card that was plugged into the CrossOver as, according to Sandra write test, it even has higher speeds than the CrossOver itself.

To show you the real world performance we tried copying both 1,796 various files and folders (1.35GB) and a single 700MB file.

As you can see from the results, the OCZ CrossOver fares well against some other value flash drives, but it is unable to cope with SLC based Patriot Xporter XT Plus which is, by the way, quite a bit more expensive.

Conclusion

OCZ made a good USB flash drive that can surely come in handy if you need to quickly transfer some files from your microSD card to the PC and you either do not have the cable or a card reader near by.

Unfortunately, CrossOver is just another USB flash drive in an endless sea of similar products with mediocre transfer speeds.

The good side of the story is that you get a decent value flash drive that doubles as a card reader, has a low price and might end up faster than your average cheap flash drive. The lowest price for the tested 8GB version currently stands at €17,81. On the other hand, high performance drives are usually priced at €30+.

If you need a flash drive that doubles as a card reader and which can be easily expanded with a microSD card for some additional storage, then OCZ CrossOver is made just for you.

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