I measured the transfer speed of WD Elements SE SSD, a large-capacity, compact and lightweight external SSD that can easily store files – GIGAZINE

External storage such as a USB stick or portable SSD is useful for transferring large files or backing up important files. Portable SSD from Western DigitalWD SE SSD Elements“It's said to be small, lightweight, large-capacity and durable enough to withstand a 2-meter drop. Like a WD Elements SE SSDDecember 2023 Reader Gift ProjectWestern Digital gave it to me as a gift, so I checked out the looks and measured the data transfer speed.

WD SE Elements | Western Digital
https://www.westerndigital.com/ja-jp/products/portable-drives/wd-elements-se-usb-3-0-ssd

The WD Elements SE SSD is available in three capacities: 480GB, 1TB, and 2TB. This time I will be using the 2TB version. The package looks like this.

Inside the box are the WD Elements SE SSD drive itself, a USB cable, and a manual. The side of the USB cable that goes into the WD Elements SE SSD is USB Micro B, and the side that goes into your computer, etc. is USB Type A.

The WD Elements SE SSD looks like this. Western Digital logo written at top left.

On the back side the capacity and model name are written.

The connection station is USB Micro B.

The WD Elements SE SSD measures 64.5mm long x 64.5mm wide x 8.72mm thick. To make the size easier to understand, it looks like this when lined up with the iPhone 12 with a long side of 146.7mm.

The actual weight was 27 grams.

Because it is small and lightweight, it can be easily carried even in a small bag.

Fits perfectly in a chest pocket or pants pocket.

When I checked the free space in Windows properties, it was 1.81 TB.

Crystal Disk InformationWhen checking supported standards and supported functions, it looks like this.

CrystalDiskMarkBelow are the results of measuring the transfer speed. Sequential read is 446.01 MB/s, sequential write is 229.97 MB/s. Random reads were 26.77MB/s and random writes were 6.73MB/s.

Next, to check the transfer speed in an actual usage environment, I created a folder on my computer containing 208 images with a total capacity of 1.46GB.

Copy all the images in the created folder to the WD Elements SE SSD and measure the time it takes to copy with a stopwatch.

It took 10.22 seconds to copy 208 photos, for a total of 1.46GB.

The 2TB version of the WD Elements SE SSD is available on Amazon.co.jp for 17,130 yen including tax at the time of creation.

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You can also get the 2TB version of the WD Elements SE SSD from the giveaway article below.

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