Parkdale is a free utility for measuring read and write speeds on hard disks, CD-ROM devices, and network servers.
Alternatives to DiskSpd
CrystalDiskMark is Windows software for benchmarking disk and storage performance.
fio is a free command-line tool for simulating user-defined I/O workloads for performance testing and reproducing bugs.
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AJA System Test
AJA System Test is a free utility for checking whether a drive system can sustain recording and playback at different resolutions and codecs.
Free planmacOSWindows6.4Free plan - 5

ATTO Disk Benchmark
ATTO Disk Benchmark is a free utility for measuring storage read performance, write performance, and I/O throughput.
Free planmacOSWindows6.3Free plan - 6
HD Tune Pro
HD Tune Pro is a Windows utility for examining hard disks, SSDs, USB sticks, and memory card readers.
Windows6.3From $29.95 a month - 7
Bonnie++
Bonnie++ is a free, command-line benchmark suite for measuring filesystem and disk I/O performance on Linux.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 8
Storage Benchmark Kit
Storage Benchmark Kit (SBK) is a Java framework for measuring storage throughput and latency with a shared workload engine.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 9

D-Bench
D-Bench is a free Windows utility for measuring read and write performance on SSDs, HDDs, NVMe drives, and USB storage.
Free planWindows6.0Free plan - 10
Quickbench
Quickbench is a free Bash script for measuring basic performance on Linux-based hosts.
Free planLinux6.0Free plan - 11
simple-disk-benchmark
simple-disk-benchmark is a command-line utility for measuring disk read and write performance on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.0Free plan - 12
AmorphousDiskMark
AmorphousDiskMark is a free, open-source macOS app for measuring storage read and write performance in MB/s or IOPS.
Free planmacOS5.9Free plan - 13
AS SSD Benchmark
AS SSD Benchmark is a free Windows utility for measuring solid-state drive performance.
Free planWindows5.9Free plan - 14

Disk Bench
Disk Bench is a Windows utility for measuring disk performance through file operations rather than synthetic benchmarks.
Free planWindows5.9Free plan - 15
dperf
dperf is a Linux command-line utility for benchmarking drives and spotting storage bottlenecks or performance outliers.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.9Free plan - 16
Illumine IT disk-benchmark
Illumine IT disk-benchmark is a free command-line program for benchmarking storage such as hard drives, SSDs, SAN disks, HBAs, RAID adapters, and storage controllers.
Free planLinuxWindows5.9Free plan - 17
KDiskMark
KDiskMark is a Linux disk benchmark for HDDs and SSDs, with a graphical interface built around Flexible I/O Tester (fio).
Free planLinux5.9Free plan - 18

DiskBoard
DiskBoard is a free drive utility for benchmarking storage and checking drive-reported S.M.A.R.T.
Free planmacOSWindows5.8Free plan - 19

DiskMark
DiskMark is a free Windows utility for benchmarking disk and hard drive performance.
Free planWindows5.8Free plan - 205.7
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Filebench
Filebench is a free Linux tool for benchmarking file systems and storage by generating workloads.
Free planLinux5.7Free plan - 22

Blackmagic Disk Speed Test
Free planmacOSWindows5.5Free plan - 23
Iometer
Iometer is a free tool for measuring and characterizing I/O subsystems in single systems and clusters.
LinuxmacOSWindows5.5 - 24
disk-mark-me
disk-mark-me is a free command-line shell script for benchmarking disk performance on Linux and macOS.
LinuxmacOS5.4 - 25
Modern FS Benchmark
Modern FS Benchmark is a free Linux tool for comparing copy-on-write filesystems such as btrfs, ZFS, and bcachefs against ext4 and XFS baselines.
LinuxSelf-hosted5.3 - 26
SSD Benchmark
SSD Benchmark is a free command-line utility for measuring disk write performance.
LinuxmacOSWindows5.3 - 27
FFSB
Linux4.4