Vdbench AlternativesBenchmark Tools and other similar apps like Vdbench

Vdbench is described as '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' and is a Benchmark tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Vdbench for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Vdbench alternative is CrystalDiskMark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vdbench are KDiskMark, Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, fio and Iometer.

Vdbench alternatives are mainly Benchmark Tools but may also be Hard Disk Benchmark Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Vdbench.

Vdbench

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CrystalDiskMark
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Windows
PortableApps.com
42 CrystalDiskMark alternatives
CrystalDiskMark is a small HDD benchmark utility for your hard drive that enable you to rapidly measure sequential and random read/write speeds.
- - CrystalDiskMark is the most popular Windows alternative to Vdbench.
- - CrystalDiskMark is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Vdbench.
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1. PortableCrystalDiskMark can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightCrystalDiskMark consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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KDiskMark
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Linux
17 KDiskMark alternatives
A simple open-source disk benchmark tool for Linux distros.
- - KDiskMark is the most popular Linux alternative to Vdbench.
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1. LightweightKDiskMark consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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KDE
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
26 Blackmagic Disk Speed Test alternatives
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.
- - Blackmagic Disk Speed Test is the most popular Mac alternative to Vdbench.
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fio
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Windows
Linux
BSD
15 fio alternatives
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.
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1. Portablefio can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Filesystem
Iometer
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Windows
Linux
18 Iometer alternatives
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...
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Stress Testing
Hardware Monitoring
Discontinued
Last activity from 2014, see https://sourceforge.net/projects/iometer/files/iometer-stable/
InchWest DiskMark
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Paid • Proprietary
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Mac
17 InchWest DiskMark alternatives
Test the performance of your flash (pen/usb), solid state, hard disk drives in just 60 seconds.
- - InchWest DiskMark is the most popular commercial alternative to Vdbench.
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Hardware Monitoring
Diskspd
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Windows
9 Diskspd alternatives
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.
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IOzone
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
8 IOzone alternatives
IOzone is a filesystem benchmark tool. The benchmark generates and measures a variety of file operations.
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IOzone Features
1. PortableIOzone can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Filesystem
SQLIO
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Free • Proprietary
Benchmark Tool
Windows
11 SQLIO alternatives
SQLIO is a tool provided by Microsoft which can also be used to determine the I/O capacity of a given configuration.
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Filesystem
Discontinued
Replaced by Microsoft's open source utility Diskspd. See Diskspd
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Cold-cache Sequential I/O Benchmark
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Free • Proprietary
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Windows
13 Cold-cache Sequential I/O Benchmark alternatives
CCSIO Benchmark measures maximum sequential read/write speed that is realistically achievable for a given file system location, including local drives, remote network shares, virtual/pseudo devices such as RAM disks and encrypted file containers.
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Cold-cache Sequential I/O Benchmark Features
1. PortableCold-cache Sequential I/O Benchmark can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Load DynamiX
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
Self-Hosted
13 Load DynamiX alternatives
2U load generation appliance, also runs under a VM, A leading commercial performance validation product for networked storage infrastructure. We help companies reduce risk and save millions of dollars by aligning storage deployment decisions to application workload performance...
- - Load DynamiX is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Vdbench.
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Load DynamiX Features
Stress Testing
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