drive speed tests

drives test results

drive name	model number	USB ID or other unique ID	write speed in MB/s	read speed in MB/s
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB	model:SDCZ36-016G	usbid:0781:5530	w:3.73	r:18.91
Transcend Information OCZ Diesel 4GB	model:	usbid:1307:0165	w:3.51	r:23.76
OEM 2GB	model:	usbid:13fe:1f00	w:10.27	r:17.50
Cisco Linksys Connect Easy Setup Key 1GB	model:NK2	usbid:13b1:002e	w:6.64	r:15.58

trivial benchmark tool

alias test-drive-speed='dd if=/dev/zero of=test_data.bin oflag=dsync conv=fdatasync  bs=8388608 count=16 2>&1 | grep "bytes" | cut -f1,6 -d" " | awk '\''{printf ("write-speed: %7.2f MB/s, ", $1 / $2 / (1024*1024))}'\'' && dd if=test_data.bin iflag=direct conv=fdatasync of=/dev/null bs=8388608 count=16 2>&1 | grep "copied" | cut -f1,6 -d" " | awk '\''{printf ("read-speed:  %7.2f MB/s\n", $1 / $2 / (1024*1024))}'\'''