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Hama Memory Pro 4K UHS-I U3 SDXC Memory Card Review
Introduction
Hama is a German-based manufacturer and distributor of computer, camera and video accessories. Their line of SD cards as of 2019 consists of UHS-I and UHS-II cards. The highest speed UHS-I card offered is this UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) card offering up to 85MB/s read speed. The card is suited for high-resolution 4K video recording with a minimum write speed of 30 MB/s with a Video Speed Class V30 rating. Hama Memory Pro 4K SD cards are offered in 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256 GB capacities. This review covers the 64GB SDXC card, item number 00114949, with GTIN 4047443172228.
Performance
The Hama Pro 4K card was benchmarked in USB memory card readers. The card reached up to 97.7 MB/s maximum sequential read speed. The sequential write speed reached measured 41.3 MB/s in the highest benchmark result.
Card: Hama Memory Pro 4K 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
| Hama Memory Pro 4K 64GB Card Reader Benchmarks | Seq. Read 1000MB MB/s | Seq. Write 1000MB MB/s | Rand. Read 512KB MB/s | Rand. Write 512KB MB/s | Rand. Read 4KB MB/s QD1 | Rand. Read 4KB IOPS QD1 | Rand. Write 4KB MB/s QD1 | Rand. Write 4KB IOPS QD1 | Rand. Read 4KB MB/s QD32 | Rand. Read 4KB IOPS QD32 | Rand. Write 4KB MB/s QD32 | Rand. Write 4KB IOPS QD32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony S1 High Speed UHS-II Reader/Writer | 97.678 | 40.728 | 85.194 | 6.298 | 4.163 | 1016.3 | 0.860 | 210.0 | 5.175 | 1263.5 | 0.791 | 193.1 |
| SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II Reader/Writer | 96.929 | 40.235 | 84.786 | 9.068 | 4.636 | 1132.0 | 0.694 | 169.4 | 5.439 | 1328.0 | 0.806 | 196.8 |
| Delkin Black Rugged Card Reader | 96.804 | 40.570 | 84.688 | 16.815 | 4.145 | 1012.0 | 0.696 | 169.9 | 5.167 | 1261.6 | 0.811 | 198.0 |
| SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II USB-C Reader SDDR-409 | 96.696 | 39.917 | 85.165 | 6.680 | 4.226 | 1031.7 | 0.849 | 207.4 | 5.116 | 1249.0 | 0.782 | 191.0 |
| SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II USB-C Reader | 96.616 | 40.172 | 83.056 | 6.774 | 4.180 | 1020.6 | 0.851 | 207.7 | 5.346 | 1305.2 | 0.788 | 192.3 |
| Hama USB 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 96.545 | 41.125 | 87.596 | 16.223 | 5.492 | 1340.8 | 0.782 | 190.8 | 6.784 | 1656.1 | 0.909 | 222.0 |
| Hama USB Type-C 3.1 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 96.439 | 41.343 | 86.588 | 18.862 | 5.916 | 1444.3 | 0.742 | 181.2 | 7.117 | 1737.5 | 0.880 | 214.8 |
| ProMaster Professional Dual Card Reader SD UHS-II | 94.373 | 40.533 | 87.410 | 16.915 | 5.561 | 1357.7 | 0.738 | 180.3 | 6.845 | 1671.3 | 0.885 | 216.0 |
| Delkin Multi-Card CFast SD UHS-II microSD Reader | 94.288 | 40.650 | 87.310 | 19.287 | 5.452 | 1331.1 | 0.744 | 181.5 | 6.781 | 1655.6 | 0.890 | 217.2 |
| SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Reader/Writer | 94.271 | 40.732 | 87.625 | 15.136 | 5.471 | 1335.7 | 0.747 | 182.4 | 6.789 | 1657.6 | 0.902 | 220.3 |
| SanDisk ImageMate Pro Multi-Card Reader/Writer | 94.220 | 32.768 | 82.850 | 17.089 | 4.206 | 1026.8 | 0.684 | 167.1 | 5.149 | 1257.0 | 0.788 | 192.4 |
| Kingston MobileLite G4 UHS-II | 94.110 | 41.179 | 87.396 | 28.872 | 5.540 | 1352.6 | 0.756 | 184.5 | 6.828 | 1667.1 | 0.889 | 217.0 |
| Verbatim USB-C Pocket Card Reader | 93.832 | 40.553 | 86.090 | 18.679 | 6.092 | 1487.4 | 0.721 | 176.1 | 7.021 | 1714.1 | 0.852 | 208.0 |
| Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8 Black | 93.556 | 40.693 | 86.688 | 25.742 | 5.215 | 1273.2 | 0.402 | 98.2 | 6.436 | 1571.3 | 0.839 | 204.9 |
| Transcend SD Card Reader RDF5 Black | 93.290 | 40.958 | 86.147 | 16.134 | 4.709 | 1149.6 | 0.700 | 170.9 | 5.183 | 1265.3 | 0.810 | 197.9 |
| DriverGenius USB 3.1(G1) / 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 71.434 | 38.575 | 66.255 | 17.924 | 5.220 | 1274.5 | 0.709 | 173.2 | 6.459 | 1577.0 | 0.846 | 206.5 |
Results from testing in cameras appear in the chart below.
Cameras tested with this card:
Hama memory cards are covered with a 10 year warranty.
The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.
| Hama Memory Pro 4K 64GB SD — Internal Card Information | |
|---|---|
| Serial number (PSN) | 3364997 |
| Product Name (PNM) | SDU1 |
| Product Revision | 0.2 |
| Manufacturer ID (MID) | 0x000074 |
| OEM ID (OID) | JE |
| Manufacture Date (MDT) | 11/2017 |
| Total capacity | 63,987,253,248 bytes |
The internal card register contains the manufacturer ID 0x000074 and OEM ID JE. This is similar to SD cards produced by Transcend. Additionally, the Product Name SDU1 is the same as the Transcend 600x SD cards.
Hama memory cards are available throughout Europe. They are not currently distributed in the US.