Is there a utility to test USB port speed?

Asked By Mellisa Wright 60 points N/A Posted on - 10/17/2012

Can we check the speed of a USB port by any utility or software?

I want to know about the USB port speeds to plug and play and other similar devices which require a USB port to be plugged in. I would therefore like to know the speed of each of the ports on my laptop.

I am sure that the technology experts here can help me with this.

Thanks a lot.

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Answered By Mathew Joni 15 points N/A #174489

Is there a utility to test USB port speed?

Hi,

Yes, there are a lot of apps which you can use to benchmark which USB ports are much faster than the other. The fastest USB port today is the USB 3.0, and followed by the USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. Well, you can check this link if you like the best apps out there that can benchmark USB port speed. Here is the link.

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Answered By Casas Mingoes 0 points N/A #174490

Is there a utility to test USB port speed?

Hello Mellisa Wright,

1) First click start and then go to Control Panel.

2) Then you click Device Manager.

3) Now you can see the list, then click Universal Serial Bus Controllers.

4) Expand it and view descriptions.

If you see Enhanced word, it means it is a high speed USB port (2.0) and its transfer speed it 480 Mbps. If you see a standard word, it means it is a regular 1.0-1.1 USB port and it transfer speed is 12 Mbps.

Thank you.

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Answered By agnes Grace 0 points N/A #174491

Is there a utility to test USB port speed?

There is a software name Crystal Disk Mark that can be used to check the speed of not only USB drives but HDD, Memory cards etc.; by this tool you can compare the speeds of different devices and ports.

 

Below is the download link of the Tool:-

 

• http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/CrystalDiskMark.shtml

 

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Answered By Thomas K Hartfield 0 points N/A #174492

Is there a utility to test USB port speed?

Hi  Mellisa Wright 

Check out this Techyv post too because this post is also addressed your problem. Go this page and get more idea according to your problem.

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