The PNY Elite Performance UHS-I U3 256GB SDXC Card offers huge capacity and high transfer speed. PNY claims 95MB/s read speed and makes no claim about maximum write speed. The card is rated UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) which means it can sustain at least 30MB/s continuous write speed for HD and 4K video recording. The Elite Performance 95MB/s card is offered in 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512 GB capacities. The 32GB version is rated U1 while the other cards are rated U3. PNY memory cards carry a lifetime warranty in USA (5-year warranty in Europe). The card reviewed is made in Korea.
The PNY Elite Performance 95MB/s card reached up to 96.7 MB/s sequential read speed in card reader benchmarks. This surpasses its quoted transfer speed. The write speed of the 256GB card reached 56.3 MB/s. This is not quite as fast as the 69.2 MB/s sequential write speed benchmark of the 128GB version.
The PNY Elite Performance 256GB SDXC card has been tested in the Nikon D500. It measured 49.3 MB/s write speed during continuous shooting. Additional camera test results will be added to the table below.
The internal card identification register of the PNY Elite Performance 95MB/s 256GB card shows the Manufacturer ID (MID) 0x00028 and OEM ID (OID) "BE," indicating the card was produced by Lexar. PNY does not manufacture controllers or NAND flash memory and relies on other suppliers to produce their SD memory cards.