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Memory Storage Capacity | 128 GB |
Compatible Devices | Camera |
Color | Black |
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Brand | SanDisk |
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Item model number | SDSQXCY-128G-GN6MA |
Item Weight | 0.2 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 0.04 x 0.59 x 0.43 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 0.04 x 0.59 x 0.43 inches |
Color | Black |
Manufacturer | SanDisk |
Language | English, English, English |
ASIN | B07G3H5RBT |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | June 17, 2017 |
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Extreme sports require extreme readiness. The SanDisk Extreme microSDXC UHS-I card delivers the speed, capacity, durability, and Quality you need to make sure your adventure is captured in stunning detail. Now rated UHS speed Class 3 (U3), this fast, high-performing card teams up with your action camera to let you capture and share unforgettable extreme sports video.
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Customers like the quality, size, video quality, value, and delivery of the flash memory. They mention that it's a durable product, great for storing CIA files, and produces excellent video quality. They appreciate the delivery speed, saying that it was delivered fast. Customers are also satisfied with performance.
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Customers like the performance of the flash memory. They mention that it is easy to install and works very well, with no problems at all. It is fast enough to read and write everything they need, and it produces much better results than their last card. It does a fantastic job, and works on the Nintendo switch without any issues.
"...testing, I used the card in my android smartphone, and it performed very well...." Read more
"It’s too small of a size to store 4K video but it performs fine" Read more
"...Appears to be working just fine. 128 GB is the largest card the DJI Mavic 2 and their Smart Controller is rated to use...." Read more
"...It works well." Read more
Customers like the quality of the flash memory. They mention that it is a quality product, reliable, and durable. Some say that it has survived many crashes and lasts longer than most.
"...It is a bit nicer layout and much faster than the H2testw, though I could not find a Win10 version. The 64bit XP version I downloaded worked well...." Read more
"I think that I have bought 6 of these to use in my drones. They are still perfect and I haven’t had any problems at all with them. Not a glitch...." Read more
"...These cards have survived many many crashes. I get great video recording in 4k or 2.7k, whish is usually what I record at...." Read more
"...PROS:-- Based on heavy brand use---- trusted quality & reliability----..." Read more
Customers are happy with the delivery of the flash memory. They mention it's extremely fast, holds videos and can read and write quickly. They say the system updated very fast without any hiccups and that the write performance is consistent. They also mention it delivered fast, as promised by a professional company. Customers are also impressed with the quick download and upload to computer.
"...test the full read speed, I am able to confirm that the write performance is consistent with none of the telltale behaviors of low quality NAND...." Read more
"...The Sandisk is much faster. See picture of screen shot for the results...." Read more
"...fastest RW times currently available- capable of 4k videoCONS:- top quality always costs a little more." Read more
"...Extremely fast and havent had any artifacts in video like a few cheaper cards. Highly recommend for 4k photography and video." Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the flash memory. They mention that it works great in a GoPro and is easy to use value for money.
"...This memory card is a great value and will definitely purchase again" Read more
"...the loss of time and related aggravation, this is a good card and worth the price...." Read more
"...For the money and storage capacity, it's a very good deal. I am slowly migrating over to these cards full time, one at a time." Read more
"...This is the one that I managed to find with the best value and large storage capacity. I love Sandisk products and this one was no letdown as usual!..." Read more
Customers like the size of the flash memory. They mention it has good storage capacity, and is fast enough to unlock all of their camera's capability. Some say the packaging is difficult to get into.
"Very good storage" Read more
"Great Card...Great Capacity for the price too. Will always look to SanDisk for my video and photo work" Read more
"...is reading at 110mb/s, and writing at the advertised 170mb/s. Storage is decent size and it is great for 4k videos...." Read more
"Great sd card for action cameras, I tried another brand and did not work on Rylo 360 camera, this one works great." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the video quality of the flash memory. They mention that it works well for recording 4K and 5K aerial cinema and high resolution photography. The card has no problem with recording 4k video footage with amazing precision. Customers also mention that the 1080 video comes out clear every time.
"I use this memory card in my DJI mini 4 Pro Drone. Great for video’s and photo’s" Read more
"Purchased for my seno bluetooth camera and pictures are great." Read more
"...This card has no problem recording 4k and no issues handling anything the S9+ can do. Ordered a 256gb card as well for my own S9+...." Read more
"...at the advertised 170mb/s. Storage is decent size and it is great for 4k videos. Ill post a picture of the read and write speeds." Read more
Customers find the installation process of the flash memory to be easy. They mention that it is easy to install into their Gopro Hero 8 and has plenty of space for their needs, as well as the quick download and upload process.
"Runs fast, and also does the job. Very easy to install, works great with many Micro SDXD devices such as Dashcams!" Read more
"The memory stick was so easy to install. And was even better when used to take pictures and videos. Worked perfectly…." Read more
"The memory card was easy to install and is working very well." Read more
"Easy to install into my Gopro Hero 8 and has plenty of space for my needs.I like it." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the responsiveness of the flash memory. They mention that it has a slow random read/write speed, and it loses most FPS in video. It is also not capable of testing the max read speed of the micro SD card, and has mediocre 30MBs read/writing speed.
"...writes (short bursts can reach 97MB/s), thus it is not capable of testing the max read speed of the micro SD card, but if it can consistently..." Read more
"...I ran a computer OS on it and it was slow had stuttery. However, the exrta Read speed on this made all the difference in the world...." Read more
"...I got an ultra card that came with the fly more combo but it was too slow... Which seems strange, why include and SD card that doesn't work with the..." Read more
"...Immediately noticed the difference in write speed." Read more
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For my testing I used AIDA64 with a linear write test from 0 to 100% fill. I find this to be a better way to test SD cards since it allows you to determine when a card is a fake or using QLC NAND, or very poorly binned TLC where only part of the capacity of the drive will perform at advertised speeds.
For reference, I performed some testing using my old 64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro micro SD card that I have confirmed to be genuine, and a key thing you will notice is consistent linear reads and writes across the entire capacity of the drive. The 64GB Extreme Pro has a slower write speed than the 128GB model, thus the true max write speed is measured.
Genuine Extreme Pro drives accomplish this by ensuring that the NAND is not a bottleneck for the controller, thus even as it gets full, it can maintain its write speeds.
Common counterfeit behaviors are cards that perform fast for a first few GB and then become very slow (Basically allocating part of the NAND in a pseudo SLC mode before you encounter the bad QLC performance). Other methods are taking a decent NAND bin that is a low capacity, e.g., taking a 32GB NAND package and formatting a 128GB+ partition table. In those cases a drive can benchmark well but corrupt all data as soon as you exceed its actual capacity.
Genuine reference (64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro micro SD) (I attached and labeled screenshots of the AIDA64 test):
Average read speed across the entire drive: 92.7MB/s
Average write speed across the entire drive: 87.5MB/s
Next I tested the 128GB Sandisk Extreme Pro micro SD card with the same Transcend RDF8 card reader. As expected, writes will be bottlenecked by the reader.
Average read speed across the entire drive: 93MB/s
Average write speed across the entire drive: 86.8MB/s
Overall, from my testing the card I received seems to be genuine, and the performance is in line with other Sandisk Extreme Pro micro SD cards. While I am unable to test the full read speed, I am able to confirm that the write performance is consistent with none of the telltale behaviors of low quality NAND.
As a final note, fakes will always change. Companies that make counterfeit cards can see examples of genuine ones and adjust their process to match the genuine part visually. What they can’t fake, is the performance, consistency, and capacity all at the same time. Know the limits of your card reader and test within those limits to ascertain whether your card is genuine or not. Counterfeit cards have the most trouble with write performance and consistency, thus longer write tests are most important.
For further testing, I used the card in my android smartphone, and it performed very well. Since Android is designed around limiting micro SD card use to tasks which have a lower IOPS demand by default. The vast majority of use cases will be for bulk storage, and saving larger files such as when you record 4K video.
The card had no problem keeping up with raw files being captured, as well as 4K video at 100Mbps (well within the write speed limit of the card (which in terms of Mbps, would be in the 700Mbps range)
Due to the performance and verification of it being genuine, I rate it 5 stars.
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2022
For my testing I used AIDA64 with a linear write test from 0 to 100% fill. I find this to be a better way to test SD cards since it allows you to determine when a card is a fake or using QLC NAND, or very poorly binned TLC where only part of the capacity of the drive will perform at advertised speeds.
For reference, I performed some testing using my old 64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro micro SD card that I have confirmed to be genuine, and a key thing you will notice is consistent linear reads and writes across the entire capacity of the drive. The 64GB Extreme Pro has a slower write speed than the 128GB model, thus the true max write speed is measured.
Genuine Extreme Pro drives accomplish this by ensuring that the NAND is not a bottleneck for the controller, thus even as it gets full, it can maintain its write speeds.
Common counterfeit behaviors are cards that perform fast for a first few GB and then become very slow (Basically allocating part of the NAND in a pseudo SLC mode before you encounter the bad QLC performance). Other methods are taking a decent NAND bin that is a low capacity, e.g., taking a 32GB NAND package and formatting a 128GB+ partition table. In those cases a drive can benchmark well but corrupt all data as soon as you exceed its actual capacity.
Genuine reference (64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro micro SD) (I attached and labeled screenshots of the AIDA64 test):
Average read speed across the entire drive: 92.7MB/s
Average write speed across the entire drive: 87.5MB/s
Next I tested the 128GB Sandisk Extreme Pro micro SD card with the same Transcend RDF8 card reader. As expected, writes will be bottlenecked by the reader.
Average read speed across the entire drive: 93MB/s
Average write speed across the entire drive: 86.8MB/s
Overall, from my testing the card I received seems to be genuine, and the performance is in line with other Sandisk Extreme Pro micro SD cards. While I am unable to test the full read speed, I am able to confirm that the write performance is consistent with none of the telltale behaviors of low quality NAND.
As a final note, fakes will always change. Companies that make counterfeit cards can see examples of genuine ones and adjust their process to match the genuine part visually. What they can’t fake, is the performance, consistency, and capacity all at the same time. Know the limits of your card reader and test within those limits to ascertain whether your card is genuine or not. Counterfeit cards have the most trouble with write performance and consistency, thus longer write tests are most important.
For further testing, I used the card in my android smartphone, and it performed very well. Since Android is designed around limiting micro SD card use to tasks which have a lower IOPS demand by default. The vast majority of use cases will be for bulk storage, and saving larger files such as when you record 4K video.
The card had no problem keeping up with raw files being captured, as well as 4K video at 100Mbps (well within the write speed limit of the card (which in terms of Mbps, would be in the 700Mbps range)
Due to the performance and verification of it being genuine, I rate it 5 stars.
After purchasing this card, I looked online for ways to test its performance and I highly recommend that you do the same. There are plenty of fake SD cards being sold including from large online retailers such as this one. This is often and likely not the seller trying to scam buyers, but rather their vendor that opted for a sub-par product.
My pursuit to find out if this indeed was a good purchase was not only driven by my curiosity, but by the mere fact that I find it difficult to justify paying $27 for something so small that you can smuggle it into a prison ..even with a full body cavity search. How did nobody think of this when Epstein allegedly offed himself?
After watching a number of youtube videos, I downloaded several testing tools and ran my tests.
Before I get into the testing, let me point to some of the more obvious physical aspects of a fake microSD card vs. a genuine one.
1) On the outside of the package, look for misspelled words and generally things that stand out as low quality: print, images, and packaging seal.
2) After you open the package, make sure the card and reader in the plastic form are sealed with a thin plastic on the back of it.
3) The back of the reader should have a date and below that it should say, “Made is China.” The back of the microSD card should have a serial number and “Made is China” below that. Both are printed onto the plastic and are not stickers.
4) On the back exterior of the package, in the top right corner, is a round icon that says, “Includes RescuePRO DELUXE 2-YEAR SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD OFFER.” When you open the package, you will see the sticker for this offer on the inside of the front of the package. If this sticker is missing or is instead “printed” onto the inside of that package, your SD is fake.
Now, on to performance testing… You need to do this! And, be sure to do your testing before adding any data to the card. Though, you need to format the card first and if you’re formatting it via your phone, ONLY format it as an EXTERNAL STORAGE device. If you format it as internal storage, it will get encrypted and you will not be able to test it on any other device, other than the phone, nor will you be able to reverse this formatting choice. External Storage is also the recommendation from SanDisk.
There are a bunch of free tools you can download and run on your PC for testing an SD card. And, there are some you can run on your smartphone. I’m not going to cover all of these, but I will touch base on the three I used. These tools are not great, though they will confirm if you got a genuine card and, they will set “real” expectations for your card’s Read and Write capabilities.
First and foremost, back-up your computer and scan any & all software you download, before you install it. DO NOT skip this step!
ChipGenius – this is a simple program that reads the manufacturer information on the card and displays it. This did not work for me on any level. Why? Because I do not have a slot for the SD card reader to insert into the laptop. Instead, I initially had to use a USB 3.0 adapter as an intermediary and ChipGenius came back giving me information on the USB flash drive as opposed to the reader and card plugged into it.
And, a similar result when using the intermediary SanDisk USB reader (more on this below). Regardless, the manufacturer’s info can be altered using a disassembler app, so this tool is not great for affirming a fake, though it could be of value when used in conjunction with other tools.
H2testw – this is an older program that still works and is popular. It is designed for XP and Vista, though it worked fine on my Win10. The program writes to and reads from the card. Unfortunately, this takes about 49 minutes for each test of Read & Write. I ran the test twice and got similar results. And, I ran it again using the SanDisk USB reader and the results on the Read were significantly better, though still not close to SanDisk claims.
CrystalDiskMark – I called SanDisk and this is the tool their tech support recommended. It is a bit nicer layout and much faster than the H2testw, though I could not find a Win10 version. The 64bit XP version I downloaded worked well. I ran the tool several times.
The results for H2testw were somewhat different from those of CrystalDiskMark, especially on the Read of the card. However, these results were all fairly consistent with those of the different performance-testing youtube videos I watched for this same card. In other words, 86 to 95 Mb/s on Read and 81 to 87 Mb/s on Write.
Those numbers, and specifically the Read stats, are a far, FAR.. reach for the claims of what SanDisk says they are! The Read stats are HALF of what SanDisk says they should be. I know that the package says, “up to” those speeds, but that is what they should be when testing an empty card on a relatively new & fast laptop/PC. If you apply the same percentage for the Write results to the Read stats, they should be 153 to 164 Mb/s.
I was somewhat surprised and a bit disappointed at the actual test results vs. the SanDisk claim. I started wondering if a different testing tool would produce different results and/or if perhaps this has something to do with my testing set-up. So, I contacted SanDisk and they sent me a new microSD card that performed the same on all these tests. After that, they sent me a SanDisk USB reader.
I ran all of the performance tests using this SanDisk USB reader this time and the test results using CrystalDiskMark software exceeded the SanDisk claims for Read & Write speeds. See all of the attached photos.
Now, as I see it, the real issue here is that SanDisk includes a cheap, flat card reader, which is not compatible with any device made today. In other words, you need an intermediary USB reader/adapter to actually test the card. And!, if you do not have one like the one SanDisk sent me (their own brand), your test results will not accurately reflect the Read & Write speeds of the card you bought.
I’m giving this microSD card a 4 out of 5 stars because the thin, flat reader included with the card is basically a half-measure and of little value without that SanDisk USB reader. And, because I had to contact SanDisk to get this performance issue resolved, which took almost three months.
Though despite the loss of time and related aggravation, this is a good card and worth the price. If you’ve read thus far, I thank you for your time and hope that my review is of value to you.
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2021
After purchasing this card, I looked online for ways to test its performance and I highly recommend that you do the same. There are plenty of fake SD cards being sold including from large online retailers such as this one. This is often and likely not the seller trying to scam buyers, but rather their vendor that opted for a sub-par product.
My pursuit to find out if this indeed was a good purchase was not only driven by my curiosity, but by the mere fact that I find it difficult to justify paying $27 for something so small that you can smuggle it into a prison ..even with a full body cavity search. How did nobody think of this when Epstein allegedly offed himself?
After watching a number of youtube videos, I downloaded several testing tools and ran my tests.
Before I get into the testing, let me point to some of the more obvious physical aspects of a fake microSD card vs. a genuine one.
1) On the outside of the package, look for misspelled words and generally things that stand out as low quality: print, images, and packaging seal.
2) After you open the package, make sure the card and reader in the plastic form are sealed with a thin plastic on the back of it.
3) The back of the reader should have a date and below that it should say, “Made is China.” The back of the microSD card should have a serial number and “Made is China” below that. Both are printed onto the plastic and are not stickers.
4) On the back exterior of the package, in the top right corner, is a round icon that says, “Includes RescuePRO DELUXE 2-YEAR SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD OFFER.” When you open the package, you will see the sticker for this offer on the inside of the front of the package. If this sticker is missing or is instead “printed” onto the inside of that package, your SD is fake.
Now, on to performance testing… You need to do this! And, be sure to do your testing before adding any data to the card. Though, you need to format the card first and if you’re formatting it via your phone, ONLY format it as an EXTERNAL STORAGE device. If you format it as internal storage, it will get encrypted and you will not be able to test it on any other device, other than the phone, nor will you be able to reverse this formatting choice. External Storage is also the recommendation from SanDisk.
There are a bunch of free tools you can download and run on your PC for testing an SD card. And, there are some you can run on your smartphone. I’m not going to cover all of these, but I will touch base on the three I used. These tools are not great, though they will confirm if you got a genuine card and, they will set “real” expectations for your card’s Read and Write capabilities.
First and foremost, back-up your computer and scan any & all software you download, before you install it. DO NOT skip this step!
ChipGenius – this is a simple program that reads the manufacturer information on the card and displays it. This did not work for me on any level. Why? Because I do not have a slot for the SD card reader to insert into the laptop. Instead, I initially had to use a USB 3.0 adapter as an intermediary and ChipGenius came back giving me information on the USB flash drive as opposed to the reader and card plugged into it.
And, a similar result when using the intermediary SanDisk USB reader (more on this below). Regardless, the manufacturer’s info can be altered using a disassembler app, so this tool is not great for affirming a fake, though it could be of value when used in conjunction with other tools.
H2testw – this is an older program that still works and is popular. It is designed for XP and Vista, though it worked fine on my Win10. The program writes to and reads from the card. Unfortunately, this takes about 49 minutes for each test of Read & Write. I ran the test twice and got similar results. And, I ran it again using the SanDisk USB reader and the results on the Read were significantly better, though still not close to SanDisk claims.
CrystalDiskMark – I called SanDisk and this is the tool their tech support recommended. It is a bit nicer layout and much faster than the H2testw, though I could not find a Win10 version. The 64bit XP version I downloaded worked well. I ran the tool several times.
The results for H2testw were somewhat different from those of CrystalDiskMark, especially on the Read of the card. However, these results were all fairly consistent with those of the different performance-testing youtube videos I watched for this same card. In other words, 86 to 95 Mb/s on Read and 81 to 87 Mb/s on Write.
Those numbers, and specifically the Read stats, are a far, FAR.. reach for the claims of what SanDisk says they are! The Read stats are HALF of what SanDisk says they should be. I know that the package says, “up to” those speeds, but that is what they should be when testing an empty card on a relatively new & fast laptop/PC. If you apply the same percentage for the Write results to the Read stats, they should be 153 to 164 Mb/s.
I was somewhat surprised and a bit disappointed at the actual test results vs. the SanDisk claim. I started wondering if a different testing tool would produce different results and/or if perhaps this has something to do with my testing set-up. So, I contacted SanDisk and they sent me a new microSD card that performed the same on all these tests. After that, they sent me a SanDisk USB reader.
I ran all of the performance tests using this SanDisk USB reader this time and the test results using CrystalDiskMark software exceeded the SanDisk claims for Read & Write speeds. See all of the attached photos.
Now, as I see it, the real issue here is that SanDisk includes a cheap, flat card reader, which is not compatible with any device made today. In other words, you need an intermediary USB reader/adapter to actually test the card. And!, if you do not have one like the one SanDisk sent me (their own brand), your test results will not accurately reflect the Read & Write speeds of the card you bought.
I’m giving this microSD card a 4 out of 5 stars because the thin, flat reader included with the card is basically a half-measure and of little value without that SanDisk USB reader. And, because I had to contact SanDisk to get this performance issue resolved, which took almost three months.
Though despite the loss of time and related aggravation, this is a good card and worth the price. If you’ve read thus far, I thank you for your time and hope that my review is of value to you.
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Storage Capacity (5/5): When it comes to storage capacity, the SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDXC Memory Card doesn't disappoint. With a whopping 128GB of space, it's a true powerhouse for those who require ample storage for photos, videos, documents, and more. I found myself no longer worrying about running out of space on my devices, making it ideal for extended trips or creative projects.
Value for Money (5/5): Considering the generous storage capacity and the exceptional performance it offers, this memory card represents incredible value for money. It's competitively priced, especially when compared to other brands with similar specifications. The peace of mind that comes with SanDisk's reputation for quality and reliability is an added bonus.
Easy to Use (5/5): One of the standout features of this microSDXC card is its user-friendliness. Installation is a breeze—simply insert it into your device's microSDXC slot, and you're good to go. The included SD adapter makes it compatible with a wide range of devices, from smartphones and cameras to laptops and gaming consoles. It's a versatile solution for all your storage needs.
Pros:
Exceptional Performance (5/5): The SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDXC Memory Card boasts blazing-fast read and write speeds, making it perfect for tasks that demand high performance, such as 4K video recording and rapid file transfers. It effortlessly handles data-intensive applications without a hiccup.
Durable and Reliable (5/5): SanDisk is renowned for its durability, and this memory card is no exception. It's water-resistant, shockproof, and even X-ray proof, ensuring your valuable data remains safe and secure in various environments.
Cons:
Storage May Be Overkill for Some (4/5): While the 128GB capacity is a boon for those with extensive storage needs, it might be more than some users require. However, it's always better to have more space than not enough, especially considering how media files and apps continue to grow in size.
Small Size (4/5): Due to its diminutive size, this microSDXC card can be easily misplaced or lost. It's essential to keep it in a safe place when not in use, as it's a small, valuable piece of tech.I've personally found it immensely useful in expanding my device storage, and I'm confident that others will benefit from its capabilities as well. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone seeking a reliable and high-performance memory card. Hope this helps....