A:Answer I just want to clarify a point, this is not a USB 3.1 Gen 2 working at 10 GB as mentioned by others comments but a USB 3.1 Gen 1 working at 5 GB, the same exact speed as USB 3.0. The main advantage of this drive compared to a similar capacity flash drive, is basically his tremendous speed. This drive contains a Samsung mSata 850 EVO SSD working around 450 MB/s. Only the very best flash drives on the market, which are extremely rares, can attains half of that speed, not to mentioned that most of them are very slow compared to a good SSD.