verifying thumb drive is truly 2TB & of USB3 speed

using H2tesw, results on my x270's USB3 port is as below:
So is it a true HP usb3 drive? :

Warning: Only 1099 of 1999936 MByte tested.
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 7.45 MByte/s
Reading speed: 21.1 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4

Should I tweak my Windows settings as follows?:
https://blog.usejournal.com/how-to-fix-slow-usb-3-0-transfer-speeds-213455173b91?gi=fdb3a468abf5

Yes, it's not my x270 or its USB port issue:
connecting a WD USB3 HD to the same port,
using the same tool, I could get write speeds
of above 50MB/s and read of above 60MB/s

Certainly I should not store crucial data on
these drives;  just plan to record videos on
them: if they really fill up the 2TB capacity
& the files are still accessible 5 years
later, I would be happy with the US$3.5
for 2TB.

My USB3 WD & Seagate HDDs (these
are original with warranty registered) start
to give 'clucking' sounds so I'll move over
the more valued videos over: those less
watched videos can remain on the HDDs

Certainly I should not store crucial data on
these drives;  just plan to record videos on
them: if they really fill up the 2TB capacity
& the files are still accessible 5 years
later, I would be happy with the US$3.5
for 2TB. 

Glad you totally didn't read my first post (a mere glance was too much to ask I guess). IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO CREATE a 2TB DRIVE FOR UNDER THREE BUCKS. Just to clarify, again, a 1TB would still need over a hundred bucks of production costs.

>Flash is not designed to hold data for 5 years while not powered on.
If I connect it up (ie power it on daily basis, will it last till then?)
So far, my well protected DVDs (not exposed to dust/scratches/heat)
are still readable after 7 years but a few of my branded USB HDDs
are giving 'clucking' sounds

> Glad you totally didn't read my first post (a mere glance was too much to ask I guess).
> IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO CREATE a 2TB  
I've managed to copy up to 1.2TB of files to it,
yet to use the tools to test as they'll take a while.

>is there no model number on the drive - can you post a picture of it ??
There's no model/part number,  below are the pictures:

>Are you doing it for fun to prove that it is a fake one?
No, exploring a cheap alternative to move all my
videos from my 3x  2TB USB HDD (that's aging)

I'll need more time to do this comparison, just comparing
a 1.3GB video file that was copied over an hour ago:

C:\mov>comp c:\mov\WhoAmI.mp4 d:\b\WhoAmI.mp4
Comparing C:\mov\WhoAmI.mp4 and D:\b\WhoAmI.mp4...
Files compare OK

Compare more files (Y/N) ? n

C:\mov>fc c:\mov\WhoAmI.mp4 d:\b\WhoAmI.mp4
Comparing files C:\mov\WhoAmI.mp4 and D:\b\WhoAmI.mp4
FC: no differences encountered


Must say the performance is quite poor (about USB2 only)
& one Android HDMI video recorder device that I got online
won't write (ie record what's streamed to my TV) even
after I've done 'Quick Format' of it to NTFS (from exFAT).

Looking for a 3rd party tool to reformat it to FAT32 as I
don't have admin rights on my current PC (to use 'Disk
Management')

Seems more likely he's trying to prove his 3.50 bucks was money well spent, as he's been ignoring my described scamming techniques in the fullest way possible.

It's not that the files should be from an hour ago, it's that the file you should check was copied about 100GB ago. You said you copied 1.2TB, why not compare one of those earlier files?

Looking for a 3rd party tool to reformat it

No matter how you reformat it, a fake one is still a fake one, not a cheap alternative as it will never hold the data you want to put inside.

If I were you, I will just throw it into my bin.

There's no cheap alternative if you want to keep the data safe, I already gave you links.
Here are other links:
https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/portable-drives/wd-my-passport-usb-3-0-hdd#WDBPKJ0050BBK-WESN
https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/portable-solid-state-drives/portable-ssd-t5-2tb-mu-pa2t0b-am/

Understand you probably find it 'unethical' to buy fake (or
stolen) products as it's depriving the real manufacturers
of their 'rightful revenue'.

Certainly 'value for money' is a concern.

The original WD/Seagate drives from Amazon fail
every 5-10 years so I'm not prepared to cough out
these prices (one WD even fail within its 1st year)

>If you want media to last 5 years, put it on tape.  
I used to support VAX/VMS systems using Tk50/70
tapes: the number of failed tapes (kept in rooms of
the right humidity/temp) were simply alarming so
I thought something that have less of 'mechanical
movements' (ie no tapes, no HDD) could be better

It's not about buying fake, it's about not being possible to produce the real product or even remotely comparable products for that price (and hence, it's just using your head).
Therefore proving it's not possible, saves you all the headache.
If it WAS possible to produce cheap 2TB usb drives, we would have told you already.

We are just saying, ignore the man telling you he can bring you to Mars for 50 bucks. It's just not possible. It's not about the scam, or if it's moral or not. Just simple facts, that it's NOT POSSIBLE.

Since the simple fact of, it's not possible, hasn't dawn on you yet, we're just giving you steps to prove it's not possible, except you seems a bit hesitant to follow the steps to prove just that.

Agree it's a fake from its speed alone;  I'll need
more time to test if it's reliable for my purpose.

Just did 'fc' on 2 more files (of about 120k each)
that were copied 6-7 hrs ago: agree this is just
a 'sampling' test.  Will need more time to test
the full volume with the suggested tools.

Certainly won't use it for corporate purposes
(as the corporates have $) but for personal
storage of my photos, mp3, mp4

Tapes have come a long way. LTO is the most reliable long term digital storage media that you can record to. 

For under 10 bucks (which sounds like his budget), he can't have an old LTO drive, let alone a old server to run it (most are still SCSI or SAS)

For every trade, the basic concept is just common sense.

What you are doing for a living? How much do you earn? Do you earn more than 10 time of the salary in the market for the same job role like what you are doing?

If someone else in your location saying that he can take your job for one-tenth of your salary, do you think that your boss will fire you and employ that guy?

If your answers to the above questions are Yes, go ahead with your test.

The above analogy applies to USB flash drive.

For a 2TB USB flash drive, it is a generic product and the current market price is around $30.

If you can get it around $3 for the same USB thumb drive, do you think that it is a real product?

thanks - but plse tell us what you found out?