Anker USB Native Driver Fling for VMware ESXi Speed Test

ESXi

Anker USB Native Driver Fling for VMware ESXi Speed Test

ESXi

Hardware:
2x HP ProDesk 600 G2 Mini
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500T CPU @ 2.50GHz
Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V
Anker USB 3.0 to RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter – AK-A7610011 – Realtek RTL8153 chipset

Software:
VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 11675023
USB Network Native Driver for ESXi https://labs.vmware.com/flings/usb-network-native-driver-for-esxi

Both VMs – Server 2016, vmxnet3 out of the box settings, vSS, usb is mtu 1500 for vmk0, no windows defender, power is high performance
Via powershell, created a 10GB file on VM 1 on host 1 to send to a share on VM2 on host 2.
fsutil file createnew 10GB 10000000000

Anytime USB is receiving, the speed drops to the 600’s MBits

  • intel to intel – 945 Mbps
  • intel to usb – 615 Mbits
  • usb to usb – 671 Mbits
  • usb to intel – 927 Mbits