Disk Throughput Tester

Disk Throughput Tester is a software application whose main purpose is to aid people in testing the write and read speed of your hard drive.

The setup process is not a prerequisite, as this tool is portable. Consequently, it is not going to make any changes to the Windows registry without your prior approval and acknowledgement.

You should also keep in mind that by placing the program files to a USB thumb drive, you make it possible to run Disk Throughput Tester on any computer you come across, with just a click of the EXE.

The interface is quite simple and encloses all its information in the main window. It consists of multiple buttons and some boxes, yet you should know that it does not enclose any kind of Help documentation. Nonetheless, you should know that both power and novice users can easily find their way around this product.

This utility enables you to adjust the size of test file and block size, change its path, and enable or disable file cache settings. When all these parameters have been set up, you can easily start the benchmarking process with just a click of the button.

Logs are going to be displayed in a dedicated pane so that you can easily view if errors occur. Moreover, you can view the overall speed of the sequential write and read, as well as the speed of the random access, all of them being expressed in MB per second.

The computer’s performance might be hindered at times, as it uses a pretty significant amount of system resources when performing the benchmark. However, all jobs are going to be completed in a fair amount of time and the interface is suitable to all types of users.

Overall, Disk Throughput Tester is a pretty useful piece of software for those interested in their HDD’s writing and reading speed. In our tests it did not hang or crash.