(Kingston - slow MicroSD 1GB): /home/user # time dd if=/dev/mmcblk0p2 of=/dev/null bs=8192 count=10000 10000+0 records in 10000+0 records out real 0m 34.76s user 0m 0.03s sys 0m 2.96s (MMC 2GB Kingston): /home/user # time dd if=/dev/mmcblk0p2 of=/dev/null bs=8192 count=10000 10000+0 records in 10000+0 records out real 0m 16.90s user 0m 0.04s sys 0m 3.41s