Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac


AmorphousDiskMark vs CrystalDiskMark Comments
Exactly the same app built from the ground up as a native Mac OS one
It's the CrystalDiskMark for Mac


- AmorphousDiskMark is Free and Proprietary
CrystalDiskMark is described as 'Efficient tool for measuring HDD and SSD performance through sequential and random read/write speed tests, featuring a user-friendly interface' and is a very popular Benchmark tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CrystalDiskMark for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best CrystalDiskMark alternative is AmorphousDiskMark, which is free. Other great apps like CrystalDiskMark are HD Tune, KDiskMark, Cross Platform Disk Test and UserBenchMark.


Exactly the same app built from the ground up as a native Mac OS one
It's the CrystalDiskMark for Mac


HD Tune is a hard disk / SSD utility with many functions. It can be used to measure the drive's performance, scan for errors, check the health status (S.M.A.R.T.), securely erase all data and more!.








Available in linux and uses fio as the backend
CrystalDiskMark set the gold standard for simple disk benchmarks.
KDiskMark follows it closely and is available for Linux


Measuring storage performance (SSD, HDD, USB Flash etc.) and RAM speed across Windows, macOS, Linux and Android devices. Random and sequential throughput (read/write operations) is calculted in MB/s and can be compared in consistent and reliable manner between mobile and desktop...


UserBenchmark is a free all-in-one benchmarking application. Benchmark your CPU, GPU, SSD, HDD and USB Drives then compare results with other users and see which parts you can upgrade together with the expected performance improvements. CPU benchmarks bias toward Intel.




fio is an I/O tool meant for both for benchmark and stress/hardware verification. It has support for many different types of I/O engines, I/O priorities (on newer Linux kernels), rate limited I/O, forked or threaded jobs and much more.

Provides similar functionality.


Disk Speed Test is an easy to use tool to quickly measure and certify your disk performance for working with high quality video! Simply click the start button and Disk Speed Test will write test your disk using large blocks of data, and then display the result.


The ATTO Disk Benchmark performance measurement tool is compatible with Microsoft Windows. Measure your storage systems performance with various transfer sizes and test lengths for reads and writes. Several options are available to customize your performance measurement...

With AS SSD Benchmark you can determine your SSD drive's performance by conducting several specific tests.



SANDRA is a system analyser that includes benchmarking and testing modules. Its scope of work is not restricted to the local system, though. It can analyze remote systems on a Windows domain.




A feature-rich and versatile storage testing tool, Diskspd (version 2.0.17) combines robust and granular IO workload definition with flexible runtime and output options, creating an ideal tool for synthetic storage subsystem testing and validation.
Like a copy of Crystal Disk Mark, but for Mac OS. :)