USB Type C is the intriguing new port that started appearing in laptops, tablets, phones, and other devices well over a year ago, but we had no real way test its throughput performance until now. Thanks to Sandisk's Extreme 900, we're finally able to push that small reversible port to its limitations. To do that I gathered up no fewer than eight laptops equipped with USB Type C interfaces, and hauled in a desktop PCIe card for good measure too. What your USB-C port isn't telling you USB Type C is supposed to be a universal standard, but it is just universally confusing. A USB Type C port can run at either 5Gbps or 10Gbps and still be tagged USB 3.1 by the notebook maker. USB Type C even technically supports USB 2.0 speeds at a pathetic 480Mbps. So when you see a USB Type C interface, the only assumption you can make is that its transfer speeds can vary from as low as 480Mbps to as high as 10Gbps. To muddy things much further, Intel's Thunderbolt 3 technology us