Transcend USB Card Reader

I purchased this card reader because the only ones I currently own are USB 2.0, meaning the bottleneck of benchmarking any high performing cards are the card reader. I purchased this USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB 3.2 Gen 1 as its now called) card reader in the hopes it would address that issue. All my computers USB ports are 5gb/s ports(the whole USB-IF naming structure is all messed up and confusing... my ports are NOW called USB 3.2 Gen 1, but previously and more commonly known as USB 3.0, or USB 3.1 Gen 1). I also do not have any UHS-II cards, so with all that being said I didnt expect getting a true benchmark speed reading for higher end UHS-1 SDHC and SDXC cards to be an issue...I was wrong, high end UHS-1 cards (yes, UHS Class 3, but still UHS-1)will max this card reader out, the card reader bottlenecking a true benchmark speed rating giving you an inconclusive benchmark, and possibly causing you to think a card is fake or falsely advertised(both of which are too common with MicroSD cards so we dont need a card reader to falsely contribute to those claims because it maxes below 100mb/s and your card advertises 160mb/s...most people will assume its the card not the card reader since USB 3.0 claims 5gb/s speeds).This card reader, unfortunately is not able to truly benchmark any higher end cards, including my SanDisk Extreme cards (A2/V30/C10/UHS-1/U3). The card reader maxes out it seems at 95mb/s speeds. At first, I thought perhaps my SanDisk card was just overhyped and didnt reach advertised speeds, but after looking back at other reviews here it seems pretty clear this card reader maxes out at 95mb/s. No one who has posted benchmarking photos posted anything above a 95mb/s speed. So if you have high speed cards, and REALLY want to see just HOW FAST the maximum potential is, I would suggest looking elsewhere, this card reader is not going to cut it for you.Following the inconclusive results of this card reader, I purchased the Kingston MobileLite+ USB 3.2 UHS-II card reader...while i was not certain it would do better, and with some brands readers not working well with cards outside their brand, im gave it a try and can say that it did in fact produce the advertised speeds of 160mbps read for my Sandisk Extreme (A2/V30/C10/UHS-1/U3) card. So as I had suspected and now confirmed, if you are testing cards that claim benchmarks above 95mbps this card reader WILL NOT give you accurate results. I also confirmed this with a Lexar Pro 667x, which could also not break through 95mbps on the Transcend card reader, and actually read above its advertised 100mbps speed at 102mbps with the Kingston UHS-II card reader. If youre looking for a true benchmark of your high end UHS-I card speeds, I strongly suggest a UHS-II card reader.If you dont expect or care if your cards reach above the 95mb/s for whatever reason, perhaps thats fast enough for you, then this card reader may be good for you. I cant give this card reader a ‘bad’ review, because it does a good job at reading more ‘normal’ or ‘standard speed’ cards...it just lacks in the high end, high speed category. It also doesnt claim to be able to read any high speed that it doesnt reach, so its not falsely advertised, it just leaves much to be desired when testing true high speed cards. However, it is VERY easy to use, and VERY reasonably priced. It does get warm, but thats to be expected with smaller card readers that are ‘somewhat’ fast.