The two ports are so close together that in practice most devices would not connect side-by-side with anything else. This card shares a similar design to the 2-port BC628 ASM1042-based adapter. Unfortunately the new model is not quite as fast as the old one – one would have to go to the Extreme PRO line for this – but it is still a reasonably fast USB 3.0 drive. So, in this test, I switched to a newer model – Sandisk Extreme Go USB 3.1. Unfortunately, my Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0 flash drive succumbed to the infamous design flaw of these units, causing the connector to break inside the housing about 95% of the time, the drive is no longer recognized by USB 3.0 ports, and although it works fine in most USB 2.0 ports, it can no longer be used as a speed benchmark.
Fresco Logic FL1000 (Gmyle 34mm, 1-port).You may want to familiarize yourself with Part 2 and Part 5 of this roundup for a complete survey. To get a frame of reference, I compared the new adapters to all of the old ones, as well as to some integrated USB 3.0 controllers in modern systems, and even one USB 3.1 adapter (integrated in my new Z370-based desktop). It is based on a newer revision of the Fresco Logic USB 3.0 controller, but does it outperform the somewhat disappointing one-port FL1000 which I benchmarked earlier? We shall see. The second one is the Fresco Logic FL1100 3-port ExpressCard. This is the first new adapter in this round-up. To determine whether the issue is with the chip, or with the specific AKE 54mm ExpressCard adapter, I obtained a different adapter based on the uPD720202, this time in 34mm form factor, which allowed me to test it in additional systems. In what will probably be the final chapter of this review series (or at least the last, for a long time), I’ve decided to go back to USB 3.0 ExpressCards the previous round-ups left me a bit dissatisfied, as the best performing chip (Renesas uPD720202) exhibited serious compatibility issues, making it inadequate in many scenarios. You may want to read this part as a prequel to the current review. Part 5 (USB3 revisited) can be found here. Part 2 (ExpressCard-USB3) can be found here.
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