Benchmarking

KDiskMark – HDD and SSD benchmark tool

KDiskMark is an HDD and SSD benchmark tool with a very friendly graphical user interface.

KDiskMark with its presets and powerful GUI calls Flexible I/O Tester (fio) and handles the output to provide an easy to view and interpret comprehensive benchmark result.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Configurable block size, queues, and threads count for each test.
  • Many languages support.
  • Report generation.

Website: github.com/JonMagon/KDiskMark
Support:
Developer: Dmitry Sidorov
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

KDiskMark in action

KDiskMark is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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jk3wl
jk3wl
9 months ago

Hi Steve,
It looks like some wires got crossed somewhere.
The website link on this page point to Phoronix instead of KDiskMark.