fio AlternativesBenchmark & Hard Disk Benchmark Tools like fio

fio is described as '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' and is a Benchmark tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to fio for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best fio alternative is CrystalDiskMark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like fio are Cross Platform Disk Test, UserBenchMark, KDiskMark and AS SSD Benchmark.

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  1. 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...

    13 Cross Platform Disk Test alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  2. UserBenchMark icon
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    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.

    48 UserBenchMark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  4. 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...

    22 ATTO Disk Benchmark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Iometer icon
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    As the Iometer Users Guide says, Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems. It was originally developed by the Intel Corporation and announced at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) on February 17, 1998 - since then it got...

    20 Iometer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Diskspd icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Vdbench is a disk and tape I/O workload generator for verifying data integrity and measuring performance of direct attached and network connected storage on Windows, Solaris, Linux, AIX, OS/X and HP/UX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. IOzone icon
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    IOzone is a filesystem benchmark tool. The benchmark generates and measures a variety of file operations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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