I want to know how fast are my disks really are, in a real life situations. Not in a synthetic benchmarking program that will display figures that I will never be able to meet.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows



InchWest DiskMark is described as 'Test the performance of your flash (pen/usb), solid state, hard disk drives in just 60 seconds' and is a Benchmark tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to InchWest DiskMark for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Snapcraft apps. The best InchWest DiskMark alternative is CrystalDiskMark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like InchWest DiskMark are HD Tune, Cross Platform Disk Test, KDiskMark and Blackmagic Disk Speed Test.
I want to know how fast are my disks really are, in a real life situations. Not in a synthetic benchmarking program that will display figures that I will never be able to meet.



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