Topic: Speedtest when reading SD-Card from PCM-M10

[kleiner Rainer]

Hi all,

out of curiosity I measured the data transfer rate of my PCM-M10 as a card reader. Thought this would be interesting.

Here my setup:
- Netbook Samsung N 150 Plus with Win 7 Starter and built-in SD card reader
- Sandisk 128MB Micro SD card
- Sandisk Micro SD to SD adapter
- Sony PCM-M10
- Software H2testw V1.4 from http://www.heise.de/software/download/h2testw/50539

This software tests data integrity and speed of external memory. Its freeware and was written as a test tool by the German computer magazine c´t. It helped me find an USB stick with defective blocks. I check every new USB memory stick and memory card with this extremely useful tool.

Here my results:

Card: SanDisk 128MB in SanDisk adapter, plugged into Netbook:

Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 2.54 MByte/s
Reading speed: 9.20 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4


Same card, read from Sony PCM-M10 via USB

Test finished without errors.
Reading speed: 4.36 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4

Over 4MB per second or 4 minutes per GB... I think I will invest some time and reduce wear and tear on the M10s Micro SD card connector and read from the M10.

Greetings,

Rainer

[rastasean]

Great information and I added the link in the m10 FAQ: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=147551.msg1891476

[willndmb]

Over 4MB per second or 4 minutes per GB... I think I will invest some time and reduce wear and tear on the M10s Micro SD card connector and read from the M10.

Greetings,

Rainer

i never did a test but i get basically the same results with my m10 into imac
it takes about 8 minutes average to transfer a show
after reading people say things like they need pliers to get the card out of the adapter and stuff it doesn't seem worth the trouble or risk to save a small amount of time
usually by the time i plug in and start the transfer its done before i get back from putting everything away and grabbing a drink