The Sony 95MB/s SD memory card offers UHS-I performance with advertised speeds of 95MB/s read and 90MB/s write. The card has the UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) designation which means it supports at least 30MB/s continuous write for 4K HD video recording. Sony recommends this 95MB/s card for continuous shooting with DSLR cameras. The card is available in 32 and 64 GB capacities.
The Sony 95MB/s card differs from the Sony 94MB/s card in read speed. The 94MB/s card advertises 60MB/s write speed, while this 95MB/s card claims 90MB/s write speed.
We measured maximum read in write speed using several USB 3.0 card readers. The Sony 95MB/s card performed up to specification on read speed, reaching 95MB/s in several card readers including a maximum 95.6 MB/s sequential read speed using the Kingston MobileLite G4 card reader. The highest write speed we measured was slighly less than advertised. The best squential write speed we recorded was 89.0 MB/s using the Lexar Professional Dual Slot card carder.
Card: Sony 95MB/s U3 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
Sony 95MB/s U3 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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SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II USB-C Reader SDDR-409 | 97.797 | 86.975 | 85.463 | 15.333 | 4.738 | 1156.8 | 0.718 | 175.2 | 5.031 | 1228.4 | 0.783 | 191.2 |
Sony S1 High Speed UHS-II Reader/Writer | 97.760 | 86.918 | 85.577 | 20.500 | 4.302 | 1050.4 | 0.764 | 186.6 | 5.109 | 1247.4 | 0.786 | 192.0 |
Delkin Black Rugged Card Reader | 97.633 | 86.954 | 85.878 | 3.139 | 4.539 | 1108.2 | 0.761 | 185.9 | 5.025 | 1226.7 | 0.770 | 188.1 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II Reader/Writer | 97.606 | 87.040 | 86.203 | 2.850 | 4.456 | 1087.9 | 0.807 | 197.1 | 5.256 | 1283.2 | 0.840 | 205.1 |
Hama USB 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 96.705 | 78.287 | 88.116 | 16.051 | 5.682 | 1387.1 | 0.857 | 209.2 | 6.924 | 1690.4 | 0.897 | 219.1 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR2 UHS-II | 96.679 | 87.946 | 89.226 | 20.597 | 6.428 | 1569.4 | 1.058 | 258.4 | 7.881 | 1924.0 | 1.036 | 252.9 |
Lexar LRWM04U-7000 UHS-II Reader | 96.679 | 88.331 | 89.314 | 18.840 | 6.189 | 1510.9 | 0.872 | 212.9 | 7.144 | 1744.3 | 0.899 | 219.5 |
Hama USB Type-C 3.1 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 96.554 | 86.638 | 87.091 | 18.583 | 6.428 | 1569.4 | 0.753 | 183.9 | 7.224 | 1763.8 | 0.847 | 206.8 |
Kingston MobileLite G4 UHS-II | 95.603 | 88.249 | 89.284 | 31.514 | 6.243 | 1524.1 | 0.911 | 222.4 | 7.160 | 1748.0 | 0.932 | 227.6 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Reader/Writer | 95.525 | 88.271 | 89.025 | 31.872 | 6.265 | 1529.6 | 0.911 | 222.4 | 7.118 | 1737.9 | 0.933 | 227.7 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot Reader | 95.264 | 89.021 | 89.218 | 29.386 | 5.802 | 1416.4 | 0.906 | 221.2 | 6.818 | 1664.5 | 0.921 | 225.0 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8 Black | 95.239 | 79.407 | 79.753 | 26.717 | 5.598 | 1366.6 | 0.872 | 212.9 | 6.676 | 1630.0 | 0.908 | 221.8 |
DriverGenius USB 3.1(G1) / 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 95.152 | 85.928 | 86.076 | 8.556 | 5.171 | 1262.5 | 0.804 | 196.4 | 6.526 | 1593.2 | 0.802 | 195.8 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR1 | 95.135 | 87.938 | 88.101 | 29.314 | 5.821 | 1421.1 | 0.901 | 220.0 | 6.530 | 1594.3 | 0.919 | 224.3 |
Delkin Dual Slot SD UHS-II and CF Card Reader | 95.100 | 87.938 | 88.671 | 12.919 | 5.783 | 1411.9 | 0.894 | 218.3 | 7.147 | 1744.8 | 0.925 | 225.9 |
Delkin Multi-Card CFast SD UHS-II microSD Reader | 95.049 | 86.666 | 88.848 | 18.595 | 6.237 | 1522.8 | 0.852 | 208.1 | 7.098 | 1733.0 | 0.900 | 219.7 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot UHS-II Card Reader | 94.911 | 86.975 | 88.700 | 16.163 | 6.155 | 1502.7 | 0.879 | 214.6 | 7.121 | 1738.5 | 0.911 | 222.4 |
Transcend SD Card Reader RDF5 Black | 94.902 | 87.762 | 87.898 | 29.921 | 4.854 | 1185.0 | 0.846 | 206.5 | 5.135 | 1253.7 | 0.862 | 210.5 |
Delkin Travel Reader | 94.851 | 86.896 | 85.335 | 19.744 | 6.154 | 1502.5 | 0.913 | 223.0 | 7.109 | 1735.7 | 0.931 | 227.4 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF9 | 94.842 | 87.004 | 88.014 | 15.425 | 6.607 | 1613.0 | 0.909 | 221.8 | 7.075 | 1727.2 | 0.929 | 226.7 |
SanDisk ImageMate Pro Multi-Card Reader/Writer | 94.782 | 83.712 | 84.065 | 20.545 | 4.203 | 1026.1 | 0.713 | 174.1 | 5.048 | 1232.5 | 0.741 | 180.8 |
Kingston FCR-HS4 Card Reader | 94.765 | 87.178 | 88.363 | 16.252 | 5.841 | 1426.0 | 0.889 | 217.1 | 7.096 | 1732.4 | 0.930 | 226.9 |
Delkin Universal Memory Card Reader | 94.509 | 87.542 | 86.717 | 18.534 | 5.688 | 1388.6 | 0.861 | 210.1 | 6.633 | 1619.5 | 0.892 | 217.9 |
SanDisk ImageMate All-In-One USB 3.0 | 92.803 | 86.317 | 78.609 | 4.839 | 3.875 | 946.1 | 0.791 | 193.2 | 4.118 | 1005.3 | 0.810 | 197.8 |
Sony MRW-E90 XQD 2.0 / SD UHS-II Card Reader | 91.892 | 83.102 | 84.161 | 8.093 | 5.285 | 1290.3 | 0.755 | 184.3 | 6.547 | 1598.5 | 0.848 | 207.0 |
Kingston Multi-Card Reader FCR-HS3 | 90.030 | 80.215 | 62.312 | 19.132 | 6.053 | 1477.8 | 0.902 | 220.3 | 7.147 | 1744.8 | 0.932 | 227.5 |
When tested in cameras, the Sony 95 MB/s card had mixed results. In the Nikon D750 write speed test it trailed several other cards rated between 80MB/s and 90MB/s write speed. The actual write speed of the Sony card in the D750 was 56.4MB/s. Compare with the SanDisk Extreme Pro which also advertises a 90MB/s write speed, but reached 68.8MB/s write speed in the D750. In the Canon 7D Mark II the Sony reached 67.3 MB/s, still short of the SanDisk which reached 74.9 MB/s. As expected, the Sony card was faster than cards rated at 60MB/s write speed.
Sony 95MB/s U3 32GB Tested in Camera | Write Speed (MB/s) |
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Canon 80D | 74.5 |
Nikon D500 | 74.0 |
Canon 77D | 73.6 |
Canon EOS M5 | 72.6 |
Canon Rebel T7i | 72.6 |
Canon 5D Mark IV | 72.4 |
Nikon D7500 | 70.9 |
Sony A9 | 69.6 |
Canon EOS R | 69.5 |
Canon Rebel T6i/T6s | 68.1 |
Fuji X-Pro2 | 68.1 |
Canon 7D Mark II | 67.3 |
Canon 5Ds | 66.8 |
Fuji X-T3 | 65.5 |
Nikon D5600 | 62.7 |
Nikon D7100 | 58.6 |
Nikon D7200 | 58.5 |
Nikon D5500 | 57.8 |
Nikon D750 | 56.4 |
Samsung NX1 | 51.9 |
Fuji X-T10 | 51.0 |
Olympus E-M1 II | 39.6 |
Olympus PEN-F | 39.2 |
Olympus E-M5 II | 37.6 |
Panasonic GH5 | 34.7 |
Sony A7R II | 34.2 |
Pentax K-3 II | 33.6 |
Sony A6000 | 33.2 |
Canon 70D | 32.0 |
Canon 6D | 31.6 |
Nikon Coolpix P1000 | 31.6 |
Sony A6300 | 31.1 |
Cameras tested with this card: Canon EOS R, Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon 5Ds, Canon 6D, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon 70D, Canon 77D, Canon 80D, Canon EOS M5, Canon Rebel T6i/T6s, Canon Rebel T7i, Fuji X-T3, Fuji X-Pro2, Fuji X-T10, Nikon D500, Nikon D750, Nikon D7500, Nikon D7200, Nikon D7100, Nikon D5600, Nikon D5500, Nikon Coolpix P1000, 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
Sony covers their SD cards with a 1-year warranty. This is a disappointment given that many other brands offer 10-year and lifetime warranties.
Made in Taiwan.
The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.
Sony 95MB/s U3 32GB SD — Internal Card Information | |
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Serial number (PSN) | 1108345642 |
Product Name (PNM) | NCard |
Product Revision | 1.0 |
Manufacturer ID (MID) | 0x000082 |
OEM ID (OID) | JT |
Manufacture Date (MDT) | 07/2014 |
Total capacity | 32,395,755,520 bytes |
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