PNY Elite Performance UHS-I U3 64GB SDXC Card Review

Introduction

This PNY Elite Performance UHS-I U3 64GB SDXC Card (P-SDX64U395-GE) brings high read speed of 95MB/s and a U3 write speed that means it supports continuous write speeds of at least 30MB/s. Elite Performance cards are available in 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512 GB capacities. The 32GB version is rated U1 while the other cards are rated U3. PNY memory cards have a lifetime warranty in USA and 5-year warranty in Europe. The card tested is marked made in Korea. Packaging has UPC 751492583358.

Performance

This U3 rated card is an update to the previous 64GB U1 version tested earlier. Both cards have similar read and write speed performance. The PNY Elite Performance U3 64GB card reached up to 97.5 MB/s sequential read speed in card reader benchmarks, which is slightly faster than the 95MB/s claimed read speed. The write speed measured 68.7 MB/s in the highest benchmark.

Card: PNY Elite Performance U3 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 PNY Elite Performance 64GB SDXC card will be tested in cameras and results will be shown to the table below.

Cameras tested with this card: Canon EOS R, Fuji X-T3, Nikon Coolpix P1000

The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.

The internal card identification register of the PNY Elite Performance 95MB/s 64GB card shows the OEM ID (OID) "BE," indicating the card was produced by Lexar. PNY does not manufacture controllers or NAND flash memory and relies on other suppliers to source their SD memory cards.

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