Inland Micro Center 64GB

  • Obtained from: Amazon
  • Advertised capacity: 64GB
  • Logical capacity: 62,534,975,488 bytes
  • Physical capacity: 62,534,975,488 bytes
  • Fake/skimpy flash: Skimpy (2.29% skimp)
  • Protected area: 134,217,728 bytes
  • Adjusted skimp: 2.08%
  • Speed class markings: Class 10, U3, V30, A1
  • CID data:
    • Manufacturer ID: 0x9f
    • OEM ID: 0x5449 (ASCII: TI)
    • Product name: 0x3036344742 (ASCII: 064GB)
    • Product revision: 0x00
Sample #12345Average
Price paid*$5.99$6.00$6.00$6.00$6.00$6.00
Serial number0xfa40015a0xf74000e10xfa4000e90xfa4001070xfa40001aN/A
Manufacture dateSep 2023Sep 2023Sep 2023Sep 2023Sep 2023N/A
Sequential read speed (MB/sec)91.1189.9391.4977.9190.2688.14
Sequential write speed (MB/sec)33.5936.1840.3542.5536.4237.82
Random read speed (IOPS/sec)831.802,040.252,075.851,699.772,009.291,731.39
Random write speed (IOPS/sec)361.00472.78492.29476.15477.42455.93
Read/write cycles to first error3,805Not yet determinedNot yet determinedNot yet determinedNot yet determined3,805
Read/write cycles to 0.1% failure threshold3,824Not yet determinedNot yet determinedNot yet determinedNot yet determined3,824
Read/write cycles to complete failure3,824Not yet determinedNot yet determinedNot yet determinedNot yet determined3,824
Total days to complete failure135Not yet determinedNot yet determinedNot yet determinedNot yet determined135
Card reader usedJJC CR-UTC4ACJJC CR-UTC4ACJJC CR-UTC4ACJJC CR-UTC4ACJJC CR-UTC4ACN/A
Package frontN/A
Package backN/A
Card frontN/A
Card backN/A

* These cards were sold in a 5-pack. The price shown represents the price of the 5-pack divided equally between the five cards.

Discussion

This one came about as a suggestion from a Reddit user. The manufacturer ID and OEM ID indicate that Silicon Power manufactured these cards; however, the performance characteristics don’t exactly line up with any of the SP cards I’ve tested so far: the sequential read/write speeds are pretty close to the SP Superior Pro; however, the two samples I’ve tested so far have shown wildly different random read/write speeds, so I don’t feel like it’s fair to compare them to the SP Superior Pro just yet.

On the endurance front:

  • Sample #1’s first error was a series of bit flip errors, affecting 3,547 sectors, during round 3,806. It kept going for only another 19 read/write cycles before it decided to make itself read-only. (Oddly — on my JJC readers, it showed as a read-only card; on my Realtek reader, it refused to initialize at all.)
  • Samples #2, #3, #4, and #5 have not yet reached the 2,000 read/write cycle mark. Samples #2 and #3 are expected to get there sometime in May 2025. It’s still too early to tell when Samples #4 and #5 will get there.

April 30, 2025 (total number of read/write cycles updates automatically every hour)