Speed Test utility to test USB Key / SD card performance?

Anarchi · 06-18-2008, 09:14 AM

Is there a utility to test the Read/Write performance of removable storage?

Something similar to the HDD ones such as HD Tach.

Tried looking in google, couldnt find anything.

jaketerminate · 06-18-2008, 10:51 AM

Try:

USB.org - Tools

or

USB Testing Software: USBTester

Hope this helps!

**ctal** · 06-18-2008, 11:11 AM

HD Tune will do that. I have used it via firewire, and I assume it would work similarly via usb. I would think many of the other standard hd speed utilities would be able to also. They will see the drive through Windows, just as they would see an internal drive.

The differences are that SMART information will not be visible, and of course the measured speed will be reduced or limited by the interface's data rate. But that is presumably what you want to measure, rather than the potential speed of the physical drive itself that cannot be realized through the external interface.

Regards,
-- Al

Edit: When I wrote the above I hadn't seen your subject line indicating that you were referring to solid state external storage (as opposed to usb or firewire hard drives). But I just tried HD Tune to benchmark a memory stick and an SD card, and it worked fine.

Anarchi · 06-18-2008, 08:15 PM

Ok thanks for that, I'll try HD Tach since I would like to test the speed of an SD card at this point.

**ctal** · 06-18-2008, 08:22 PM

You're welcome! Note though that I was referring to HD Tune, which is not the same as HD Tach. If HD Tach doesn't work for you, try HD Tune which is available here:

HD Tune

Regards,

-- Al

Anarchi · 06-19-2008, 01:04 AM

Didnt realise that lol. Thanks again.

Anarchi · 06-19-2008, 04:29 AM

I used a neat utility called Crystal Disk Mark to test the speed.

My SD card is officially the slowest in the world lol
Included the results of a 750GB perpendicular WD HDD for an unfair comparison

Vlad0 · 08-10-2008, 04:42 AM

Sony 2GB SDCard
--------------------------------------------------
CrystalDiskMark 1.0 (C) 2007 hiyohiyo

Sequential Read : 2.831 MB/s
Sequential Write : 3.061 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 2.826 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 0.526 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 2.390 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 0.025 MB/s

Date : 2008/08/10 9:51:58

My laptop HDD 5400rpm, ATA, 80GB, NTFS
--------------------------------------------------
CrystalDiskMark 1.0 (C) 2007 hiyohiyo

Sequential Read : 27.707 MB/s
Sequential Write : 23.504 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 19.439 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 11.592 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 0.600 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 1.215 MB/s

Date : 2008/08/10 9:57:16

06-18-2008, 09:14 AM	#1
Anarchi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 532	Speed Test utility to test USB Key / SD card performance? Is there a utility to test the Read/Write performance of removable storage? Something similar to the HDD ones such as HD Tach. Tried looking in google, couldnt find anything. __________________ Mobo: Asus P5B Deluxe CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750 Memory: 4GB DDR800 Video: GeForce 260GTX 896MB OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit RTM (and XP Pro) Sound: Auzentech Prelude X-Fi
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06-18-2008, 10:51 AM	#2
jaketerminate Maximum Post Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mordor Posts: 919	Re: Speed Test utility to test USB Key / SD card performance? Try: USB.org - Tools or USB Testing Software: USBTester Hope this helps! __________________ "Mozart" Rig #1 Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX Mobo: Asus P5N-E CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4ghz Memory: 4GB (2x 2GB) G.Skill DDR2 Hard Drive: 320 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM Video Card: EVGA Nvidia 9800GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) Power Supply: 600W OCZ StealthXStream OS: Windows XP Homee Edition and Ubuntu Linux x64 Monitor: 22" Westinghouse LCD and 2 Dell CRTs HP G60t CPU: Intel Pentium 2.0ghz Memory: 4GB Hard Drive: 250GB 5400RPM GPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7000 Beta + Ubuntu Linux HP Pavillion tx 2000z Tablet CPU: AMD Turion x2 2.1Ghz Memory: 3GB Hard Drive: 250GB 5400RPM GPU: ATI Radeon 3200 64mb OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7000 Beta 1TB Seagate External Backup Drive
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06-18-2008, 11:11 AM	#3
ctal Eschews Obfuscation Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 1,876	Re: Speed Test utility to test USB Key / SD card performance? HD Tune will do that. I have used it via firewire, and I assume it would work similarly via usb. I would think many of the other standard hd speed utilities would be able to also. They will see the drive through Windows, just as they would see an internal drive. The differences are that SMART information will not be visible, and of course the measured speed will be reduced or limited by the interface's data rate. But that is presumably what you want to measure, rather than the potential speed of the physical drive itself that cannot be realized through the external interface. Regards, -- Al Edit: When I wrote the above I hadn't seen your subject line indicating that you were referring to solid state external storage (as opposed to usb or firewire hard drives). But I just tried HD Tune to benchmark a memory stick and an SD card, and it worked fine. __________________ "I didn't say I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want to make that very clear." -- George Romney, in 1968, while campaigning for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. Last edited by ctal; 06-18-2008 at 02:04 PM..
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06-18-2008, 08:15 PM	#4
Anarchi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 532	Re: Speed Test utility to test USB Key / SD card performance? Ok thanks for that, I'll try HD Tach since I would like to test the speed of an SD card at this point. __________________ Mobo: Asus P5B Deluxe CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750 Memory: 4GB DDR800 Video: GeForce 260GTX 896MB OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit RTM (and XP Pro) Sound: Auzentech Prelude X-Fi
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06-18-2008, 08:22 PM	#5
ctal Eschews Obfuscation Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 1,876	Re: Speed Test utility to test USB Key / SD card performance? You're welcome! Note though that I was referring to HD Tune, which is not the same as HD Tach. If HD Tach doesn't work for you, try HD Tune which is available here: HD Tune Regards, -- Al __________________ "I didn't say I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want to make that very clear." -- George Romney, in 1968, while campaigning for the Republican nomination for President of the United States.
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06-19-2008, 01:04 AM	#6
Anarchi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 532	Re: Speed Test utility to test USB Key / SD card performance? Didnt realise that lol. Thanks again. __________________ Mobo: Asus P5B Deluxe CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750 Memory: 4GB DDR800 Video: GeForce 260GTX 896MB OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit RTM (and XP Pro) Sound: Auzentech Prelude X-Fi
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06-19-2008, 04:29 AM	#7
Anarchi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 532	Re: Speed Test utility to test USB Key / SD card performance? I used a neat utility called Crystal Disk Mark to test the speed. My SD card is officially the slowest in the world lol Included the results of a 750GB perpendicular WD HDD for an unfair comparison __________________ Mobo: Asus P5B Deluxe CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750 Memory: 4GB DDR800 Video: GeForce 260GTX 896MB OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit RTM (and XP Pro) Sound: Auzentech Prelude X-Fi
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08-10-2008, 04:42 AM	#8
Vlad0 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1	Re: Speed Test utility to test USB Key / SD card performance? Sony 2GB SDCard -------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskMark 1.0 (C) 2007 hiyohiyo Sequential Read : 2.831 MB/s Sequential Write : 3.061 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 2.826 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 0.526 MB/s Random Read 4KB : 2.390 MB/s Random Write 4KB : 0.025 MB/s Date : 2008/08/10 9:51:58 My laptop HDD 5400rpm, ATA, 80GB, NTFS -------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskMark 1.0 (C) 2007 hiyohiyo Sequential Read : 27.707 MB/s Sequential Write : 23.504 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 19.439 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 11.592 MB/s Random Read 4KB : 0.600 MB/s Random Write 4KB : 1.215 MB/s Date : 2008/08/10 9:57:16 Last edited by Vlad0; 08-10-2008 at 04:58 AM..
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