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Different speeds for two identical USB sticks
A few months ago I bought a set of 2 SanDisk Ultra 32GB USB3 sticks, one red, one blue (easier to reference that way). They're plugged in to two USB3 ports via 1 metre USB3 cables.
For some reason they transfer at different speeds. The blue one transfers 35-40MB/sec, the red one at 20-25MB/sec. This is consistent and stays the same whichever way I swap cables and ports.
Neither are showing any errors. The only other difference I can see is that there's a 12MB (0.04%) difference in capacity.
Any idea why the transfer speed difference?
(I'm sure it's not due to the different wavelength of red and blue light!)