Review: SanDisk Extreme 128GB and Kingston DataTraveler Micro Metal 256GB

As part of my Raspberry Pi 5 inital experimentation, I got some high quality hardware as well.

I decided to test the hardware using CrystalDiskMark.

These are the results of some quick testing.

Kingston DataTraveler Micro Metal 256GB:

SanDisk Extreme 128GB:

As you can see, the SD card performs well where the USB drive is not, and vice versa. I am currently running my Ubuntu Server off of the SD-card and using the USB drive as extra storage.