I'm going to purchase a Samsung DUO Plus USB stick and trying to decide between the 128GB and 256GB version. The 128GB is enough capacity but I understand that different capacity models may have different performance.
I'm looking at tests of the 128GB version and tests of the 256GB version but am confused by the results. The 256GB wins (sometimes by a lot) in the AS SSD Benchmark, Copy Performance Test, CrystalDiskMark Benchmark and ATTO Disk Benchmark tests. But the HD Tune Pro Benchmark test seems to singularly, and massively, favor the 128GB version. Why would writes favor the 256GB version in the other tests, but not that one?
I'm just going to be using this stick as a Ventoy platform (holding and deploying multiple ISOs for different Linux distros and Windows installs, as well as general file storage. Bleeding edge performance isn't necessary, but which would you recommend given the numbers you're seeing in those tests?