Angelbird AV Pro UHS-II V90 64GB SDXC Memory Card Review

Introduction

The Angelbird AV Pro V90 is a high performance UHS-II card with up to 300 MB/s maximum read speed and 260 MB/s write speed. The card is Video Speed Class 90 (V90) rated which means it is capable of at least 90 MB/s continuous write speed for recording Hd, 3D and 4K video streams. Angelbird goes further and claims the card can sustain up to 280MB/s read speed and 245MB/s write speed.

The Angelbird AV Pro V90 card is offered in 64, 128 and 256 GB capacities. This review covers the 64GB SDXC version AVP064SD with UPC 812937022143 and EAN 9120056583324.

The Angelbird SD cards do not have a traditional label sticker. The logo and writing is printed directly on the plastic SD card case. Angelbird cards are backed by a 3 year limited warranty. The product packaging says made in Taiwan, however the SD card is marked made in Korea.

Performance

The Angelbird V90 UHS-II card was benchmarked in several card readers. In UHS-II card readers the Angelbird V90 card had a maximum sequential read speed of 300.5 MB/s, which is right in line with its 300 MB/s read speed claim. The sequential write speed measured up to 251.2 MB/s, which is slightly below the 260 MB/s advertised by Angelbird.

When tested using UHS-I card readers, the card reached 94.6 MB/s sequential read speed and 92.7 MB/s sequential write speed.

Card: Angelbird AV Pro V90 64GB
Benchmark: CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64
Program settings: 1000 MB, 5 passes, random test data
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.40GHz
RAM: 32GB DDR3 1600

The Angelbird AV Pro V90 card will be tested in cameras to evaluate write speed during continuous shooting. When tests are complete the results will be added below.

Cameras tested with this card: Nikon Coolpix P1000

The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.

The Angelbird AV Pro SD UHS-II V90 card internal card register contains a production date of May 2018. The OEM ID is "BE" indicates the card may be produced by Lexar. The Manufacturer ID is 0x00009c.