Since file transfer via USB connection is very common these days, many users are looking for ways to improve the speed of copying files. When USB 3 hit the market, a lot more users got excited because of the amazing transfer speed the USB 3 can provide. We can expect though a number of glitches to be discovered which is but typical in a new technology.
The USB 2 is rated at 480 megabits per second which is equivalent to 57 mbps. Since transfer speed is also dependent on file size most users are fortunate if they get 25 mbps. The USB 3 has a speed rating of 4.8 gigabit per second that is about 570 mbps but the actual speed we got when testing was far below these figures. In some of our tests we got 60 mbps depending on the type and size of files we copied.
