Why is my card reader slow?

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Three common causes: the reader is UHS-I (bottlenecking a UHS-II card), the USB port is USB 2.0 (max 35 MB/s), or the card itself is slow. Check all three links in the chain. A UHS-II card in a UHS-II reader on USB 3.0+ delivers full speed.

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