The Kingston Class 10 UHS-I 64GB SDXC card is the workhorse of the Kingston Secure Digital card line. Its label includes various logos that describe its capabilities: 64GB (total capacity), Class 10 (SD Class 10), SDXC (Secure Digital eXtended Capacity using exFAT file system), U1 (UHS Speed Class 1), the Roman numberal "I" (UHS-I) and the card model number SDA10/64GB. The Class 10 UHS-I card offers a combination of performace and value that will appeal to a wide range of users, both enthusiast and professional. This card is available in 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512 GB capacities. Here we review the 64GB size.
The Class 10 UHS-I card was previously labeled "Ultimate." Older Ultimate cards were rated 60MB/s read, 35MB/s write. These were subsequently replaced by a 90 MB/s read and 45 MB/s version. The most recent cards seem to have dropped Ultimate from the name. All versions of the card share the same model number, SDA10.
The card displays a brushed gold picture on the label along with the anti-counterfeit Kingston head logo that changes in appearance depending on viewing angle. The design is complemented by a yellow card lock slider. The bottom of the card has Kingston's lot and batch numbers and designates the card origin, Taiwan.
In benchmark testing with USB 3.0 card readers, this Kingston Class 10 UHS-I card provided impressive performance. Maximum sequential read speed measured up to 98.5 MB/s, while write speed reached 81.2 MB/s. Both numbers are well above specification (90 MB/s read, 45 MB/s write), with the write speed over 58% higher than specified. Discovering a write speed that far above than specification feels like finding an extra $20 in your pocket. Its performance surpasses the 32GB Ultimate which tested much closer to specification.
Card: Kingston Class 10 UHS-I 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
Kingston Class 10 UHS-I 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 |
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Lexar LRWM04U-7000 UHS-II Reader | 98.532 | 71.230 | 84.438 | 0.901 | 12.534 | 3060.0 | 0.405 | 98.9 | 14.762 | 3604.0 | 0.645 | 157.6 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR2 UHS-II | 98.523 | 70.745 | 84.354 | 0.957 | 11.906 | 2906.7 | 0.441 | 107.7 | 14.511 | 3542.7 | 0.578 | 141.2 |
Sony S1 High Speed UHS-II Reader/Writer | 98.044 | 70.970 | 82.551 | 0.962 | 7.436 | 1815.5 | 0.503 | 122.9 | 8.007 | 1954.9 | 0.424 | 103.5 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II Reader/Writer | 98.044 | 71.791 | 83.165 | 0.815 | 7.696 | 1878.9 | 0.480 | 117.2 | 8.223 | 2007.5 | 0.467 | 113.9 |
Delkin Black Rugged Card Reader | 97.943 | 71.317 | 82.029 | 0.909 | 7.175 | 1751.8 | 0.474 | 115.7 | 7.730 | 1887.1 | 0.574 | 140.0 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Reader/Writer | 97.497 | 71.220 | 84.479 | 0.933 | 12.867 | 3141.4 | 0.449 | 109.6 | 14.874 | 3631.3 | 0.461 | 112.5 |
Kingston MobileLite G4 UHS-II | 97.460 | 71.235 | 84.382 | 0.852 | 13.075 | 3192.0 | 0.508 | 124.1 | 14.802 | 3613.8 | 0.542 | 132.4 |
Delkin Dual Slot SD UHS-II and CF Card Reader | 96.839 | 79.758 | 84.271 | 0.913 | 11.943 | 2915.8 | 0.414 | 101.2 | 14.441 | 3525.7 | 0.488 | 119.2 |
Delkin Multi-Card CFast SD UHS-II microSD Reader | 96.795 | 71.027 | 84.410 | 0.830 | 11.662 | 2847.2 | 0.423 | 103.2 | 14.497 | 3539.3 | 0.402 | 98.2 |
Kingston FCR-HS4 Card Reader | 96.688 | 70.855 | 84.271 | 0.965 | 11.793 | 2879.0 | 0.452 | 110.3 | 14.491 | 3537.8 | 0.570 | 139.2 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot UHS-II Card Reader | 96.545 | 80.772 | 84.688 | 0.801 | 12.219 | 2983.2 | 0.387 | 94.6 | 14.249 | 3478.8 | 0.495 | 120.9 |
Delkin Travel Reader | 96.465 | 80.902 | 84.120 | 0.804 | 12.239 | 2987.9 | 0.412 | 100.6 | 14.576 | 3558.5 | 0.576 | 140.5 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot Reader | 96.465 | 71.405 | 85.222 | 0.857 | 11.014 | 2688.9 | 0.511 | 124.7 | 12.657 | 3090.1 | 0.505 | 123.2 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF9 | 96.456 | 80.790 | 84.660 | 0.802 | 11.795 | 2879.5 | 0.492 | 120.2 | 14.433 | 3523.6 | 0.559 | 136.4 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR1 | 95.682 | 71.249 | 83.234 | 1.106 | 10.371 | 2532.1 | 0.437 | 106.8 | 11.733 | 2864.6 | 0.475 | 116.0 |
Transcend SD Card Reader RDF5 Black | 95.464 | 70.950 | 83.124 | 0.941 | 7.677 | 1874.3 | 0.477 | 116.4 | 7.925 | 1934.8 | 0.450 | 109.9 |
SanDisk ImageMate Pro Multi-Card Reader/Writer | 95.100 | 70.083 | 80.660 | 0.966 | 6.820 | 1665.0 | 0.461 | 112.5 | 7.976 | 1947.3 | 0.587 | 143.2 |
Delkin Universal Memory Card Reader | 95.057 | 81.191 | 76.046 | 0.901 | 10.228 | 2497.1 | 0.517 | 126.3 | 12.170 | 2971.2 | 0.538 | 131.4 |
SanDisk ImageMate All-In-One USB 3.0 | 94.449 | 71.080 | 77.265 | 0.855 | 5.668 | 1383.7 | 0.549 | 134.1 | 5.830 | 1423.3 | 0.464 | 113.4 |
Sony MRW-E90 XQD 2.0 / SD UHS-II Card Reader | 92.491 | 79.837 | 81.124 | 0.849 | 10.203 | 2490.9 | 0.409 | 99.9 | 12.676 | 3094.8 | 0.558 | 136.2 |
Kingston Multi-Card Reader FCR-HS3 | 91.451 | 71.424 | 61.600 | 0.953 | 12.601 | 3076.4 | 0.508 | 124.1 | 14.740 | 3598.7 | 0.572 | 139.6 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8 Black | 85.250 | 68.642 | 76.323 | 0.966 | 10.850 | 2649.0 | 0.470 | 114.8 | 12.516 | 3055.6 | 0.521 | 127.2 |
In camera testing will be posted below when results are available.
Kingston Class 10 UHS-I 64GB Tested in Camera | Write Speed (MB/s) |
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Canon 80D | 75.2 |
Canon Rebel T7i | 74.4 |
Sony A9 | 74.2 |
Canon 77D | 74.2 |
Canon 5D Mark IV | 73.1 |
Nikon D500 | 72.8 |
Canon EOS M5 | 72.3 |
Nikon D7500 | 71.9 |
Canon Rebel T6i/T6s | 69.9 |
Fuji X-Pro2 | 69.4 |
Nikon D5600 | 68.3 |
Nikon D7200 | 67.1 |
Canon 5Ds | 67.0 |
Nikon D7100 | 64.7 |
Nikon D5500 | 64.1 |
Samsung NX1 | 53.1 |
Olympus E-M1 II | 40.6 |
Olympus PEN-F | 39.9 |
Olympus E-M5 II | 38.8 |
Panasonic GH5 | 36.7 |
Sony A7R II | 35.1 |
Canon 70D | 34.5 |
Sony A6000 | 34.5 |
Canon 6D | 34.5 |
Pentax K-3 II | 34.0 |
Fuji X-T10 | 33.4 |
Sony A6300 | 32.2 |
Cameras tested with this card: Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon 5Ds, Canon 6D, Canon 70D, Canon 77D, Canon 80D, Canon EOS M5, Canon Rebel T6i/T6s, Canon Rebel T7i, Fuji X-Pro2, Fuji X-T10, Nikon D500, Nikon D7500, Nikon D7200, Nikon D7100, Nikon D5600, Nikon D5500, Olympus E-M1 II, Olympus E-M5 II, Olympus PEN-F, Panasonic GH5, Pentax K-3 II, Samsung NX1, Sony A7R II, Sony A9, Sony A6000, Sony A6300
The Kingston Class 10 UHS-I 64GB card is a great value (cost per GB) and has performance nearing that of much more expensive cards. This card should be fast enough for most purposes and represents a significant savings over slightly faster cards that can cost twice as much. It is backed by a lifetime warranty by Kingston.
The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.
Kingston Class 10 UHS-I 64GB SD — Internal Card Information | |
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Serial number (PSN) | 48237507 |
Product Name (PNM) | SD64G |
Product Revision | 3.0 |
Manufacturer ID (MID) | 0x000041 |
OEM ID (OID) | 42 |
Manufacture Date (MDT) | 10/2014 |
Total capacity | 64,156,073,984 bytes |
Compare prices on the Kingston Ultimate SD card. The lowest prices are highlighted in the table below. Prices are updated daily.
Card | Size GB | Lowest $ / GB | Prices | ||
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Amazon | B&H Photo | Adorama | |||
Kingston Ultimate SD | 16 | N/A | Check price | Check price | Check price |
Kingston Ultimate SD | 32 | N/A | Check price | Check price | Check price |
Kingston Ultimate SD | 64 | $0.57 | $36.38 | Check price | Check price |
Kingston Ultimate SD | 128 | N/A | Check price | Check price | Check price |
Kingston Ultimate SD | 256 | $0.63 | $161.52 | Check price | Check price |
Kingston Ultimate SD | 512 | $0.94 | $481.28 | Check price | Check price |