Performance

USB 3.0

As far as USB 3.0 performance is concerned, we see a very similar result when compared to other devices with the new interface. While USB 3.0 blows the previous version right out of the water in both read and write benchmarks by multiple factors, the traditional hard drives can by no means saturate the available bandwidth. Nonetheless, you will be more than happy with the gain in speed resulting from the new connection method.

USB 2.0

The Vantec NexStar 3 SuperSpeed Hard Drive Dock manages to impress on the USB 2.0 front as well. With average read of well over 35 MB/s and write performance above 32 MB/s the unit is also extremely well suited for the use with this Universal Serial Bus standard.