The SanDisk Extreme 60MB/s is the latest version of the popular Extreme line. It offers a speed boost over the previous Extreme 45MB/s version. The card is advertised as 60MB/s read and 40MB/s write speed and displays the UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) designation. This means the card is capable of a minimum 30MB/s continuous write speed for HD video applications including 4K video recording. This is not to be confused with the older Speed Class designation which this card also has — Class 10 for supporting at least 10MB/s read and write speeds. If all this nomenclature is too confusing, see the explanation by the SD Association.
We test the SanDisk Extreme 60MB/s UHS-I U3 32GB SDHC card and compare how it stacks up against the older Extreme 45MB/s card. We put the card through our collection of USB 3.0 SD card readers (currently eight) and every one surpassed 75MB/s read speed, with the hightest result of 75.682 MB/s sequential read in the Kingston Multi-Card Reader FCR-HS3. Write speed was similarly above advertised, averaging 55MB/s sequential write in card readers. This puts the write performance of the new Extreme 60MB/s close to Extreme Plus 80MB/s, which averaged 60MB/s write speed in our card reader tests. However the Extreme Plus still holds an advantage; we tested the Extreme Plus above 95MB/s read speed.
Card: SanDisk Extreme 60MB/s 32GB
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
SanDisk Extreme 60MB/s 32GB 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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Delkin Universal Memory Card Reader | 75.775 | 55.226 | 70.065 | 30.896 | 9.713 | 2371.4 | 2.665 | 650.7 | 7.697 | 1879.2 | 2.564 | 626.0 |
Kingston Multi-Card Reader FCR-HS3 | 75.682 | 54.997 | 55.887 | 39.504 | 10.027 | 2448.0 | 2.964 | 723.6 | 7.640 | 1865.2 | 2.531 | 617.9 |
Lexar LRWM04U-7000 UHS-II Reader | 75.617 | 55.211 | 72.351 | 47.393 | 9.563 | 2334.6 | 2.955 | 721.5 | 7.559 | 1845.5 | 2.523 | 615.9 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8 Black | 75.600 | 55.104 | 70.838 | 47.593 | 9.682 | 2363.9 | 3.416 | 834.0 | 7.473 | 1824.5 | 1.609 | 392.9 |
SanDisk ImageMate All-In-One USB 3.0 | 75.573 | 55.046 | 66.549 | 44.922 | 5.642 | 1377.5 | 2.191 | 534.9 | 4.926 | 1202.6 | 2.041 | 498.3 |
Sony MRW-E90 XQD 2.0 / SD UHS-II Card Reader | 75.519 | 55.110 | 69.650 | 30.083 | 9.655 | 2357.2 | 2.682 | 654.9 | 7.871 | 1921.7 | 2.505 | 611.5 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot Reader | 75.459 | 55.020 | 70.374 | 47.424 | 9.699 | 2367.8 | 3.755 | 916.7 | 7.695 | 1878.7 | 1.668 | 407.1 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF9 | 75.453 | 55.055 | 71.084 | 30.866 | 9.963 | 2432.3 | 2.965 | 723.9 | 7.839 | 1913.7 | 2.450 | 598.2 |
Delkin Dual Slot SD UHS-II and CF Card Reader | 75.426 | 54.925 | 71.727 | 30.074 | 9.553 | 2332.3 | 2.965 | 723.9 | 7.868 | 1921.0 | 2.470 | 602.9 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR1 | 75.383 | 54.802 | 70.756 | 47.210 | 9.625 | 2349.8 | 2.983 | 728.3 | 7.560 | 1845.7 | 2.447 | 597.5 |
Kingston FCR-HS4 Card Reader | 75.356 | 55.273 | 72.067 | 47.355 | 9.570 | 2336.5 | 2.963 | 723.4 | 7.753 | 1892.9 | 2.509 | 612.6 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Reader/Writer | 75.345 | 54.776 | 72.458 | 47.142 | 9.542 | 2329.6 | 2.965 | 724.0 | 7.848 | 1916.0 | 2.523 | 615.9 |
Kingston MobileLite G4 UHS-II | 75.313 | 54.744 | 72.614 | 47.147 | 9.996 | 2440.3 | 2.958 | 722.2 | 7.709 | 1882.1 | 2.548 | 622.1 |
Delkin Travel Reader | 75.231 | 54.656 | 69.940 | 30.408 | 9.994 | 2439.9 | 2.957 | 721.9 | 7.740 | 1889.7 | 2.517 | 614.6 |
Transcend SD Card Reader RDF5 Black | 75.178 | 54.986 | 70.248 | 46.990 | 7.492 | 1829.0 | 2.434 | 594.1 | 6.132 | 1497.2 | 2.244 | 547.9 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR2 UHS-II | 75.081 | 54.819 | 72.280 | 47.210 | 9.767 | 2384.5 | 2.981 | 727.7 | 7.804 | 1905.2 | 2.486 | 607.0 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot UHS-II Card Reader | 74.946 | 54.793 | 71.355 | 30.350 | 9.964 | 2432.7 | 3.314 | 809.1 | 7.768 | 1896.6 | 1.668 | 407.3 |
We put the new Extreme 60MB/s through camera tests and its actual performance is an upgrade over the previous card even though its claimed write speed is lower (40 MB/s write vs 45MB/s of the old Extreme). It reached 47.8MB/s actual write speed in the Canon 7D Mark II. It should prove to be a popular card among photographers looking for a quality card with good performance at a reasonable price. For those looking for a faster card, the Extreme Plus 80MB/s and Extreme Pro 95MB/s are also available from SanDisk.
SanDisk Extreme 60MB/s 32GB Tested in Camera | Write Speed (MB/s) |
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Canon 80D | 50.7 |
Canon 5D Mark IV | 50.4 |
Canon Rebel T6i/T6s | 50.2 |
Nikon D500 | 49.9 |
Fuji X-Pro2 | 48.7 |
Canon 7D Mark II | 47.8 |
Nikon D7100 | 47.6 |
Nikon D7200 | 47.5 |
Canon 5Ds | 47.0 |
Nikon D5500 | 46.9 |
Nikon D750 | 45.8 |
Samsung NX1 | 44.5 |
Fuji X-T10 | 41.0 |
Olympus PEN-F | 39.6 |
Olympus E-M5 II | 38.0 |
Sony A7R II | 36.2 |
Pentax K-3 II | 36.2 |
Canon 70D | 35.3 |
Sony A6000 | 35.3 |
Canon 6D | 35.3 |
Sony A6300 | 34.7 |
Cameras tested with this card: Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon 5Ds, Canon 6D, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon 70D, Canon 80D, Canon Rebel T6i/T6s, Fuji X-Pro2, Fuji X-T10, Nikon D500, Nikon D750, Nikon D7200, Nikon D7100, Nikon D5500, Olympus E-M5 II, Olympus PEN-F, Pentax K-3 II, Samsung NX1, Sony A7R II, Sony A6000, Sony A6300
The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.
SanDisk Extreme 60MB/s 32GB SD — Internal Card Information | |
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Serial number (PSN) | 666224074 |
Product Name (PNM) | SE32G |
Product Revision | 8.0 |
Manufacturer ID (MID) | 0x000003 |
OEM ID (OID) | SD |
Manufacture Date (MDT) | 08/2014 |
Total capacity | 31,914,983,424 bytes |
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