Copymark

Although disk space is less of a concern nowadays, another issue occurs, such as the time it takes to copy files, since types of content tend to get larger and larger. However, disk drive technology evolved as well, and you can now also use specialized applications like Copymark to test the power of copy operations.

On the bright side of things, you can check out the set of features as soon as download is done, because there’s no setup involved. Needless to say that this means you can carry it with you on a thumb drive in case you want to perform the test on more computers. Registry entries are not affected in the process.

The application’s core feature is to help you perform disk write operation tests, with results delivered in a log file. There’s quite the flexibility in terms of test modes to use, with various presets, possibility to customize the test case, or even load a script to narrow down the operation to important tasks.

The list of presets makes it possible to test file copy modes based on different interfaces, such as WAN, USB 2.0 and 3.0, LAN, SATA, SAS, DVDs, range of files, multimedia workload, as well as 1x1 GiB transfers. Custom test mode lets you add file count and size, while external script only requires to import the specific script file.

Additional options can be configured as well, such as source and target directory, which don’t necessarily have to be on the same drive. You can choose to write in exercise mode, full sweeps instead of trials, location to save the log file, and whether to include timestamp.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Copymark is a powerful tool you can use to check the file copy performance of your hard disk drive. Test modes provide a great deal of flexibility, and thorough results are saved to a log file for inspection.