Disk Gazer

Ever wondered about your hard drive’s working speed and looked for a simple way for identifying the values of parameters such as the transfer rate? There are a plethora of options in terms of available software, but most of them might be quite complex. Disk Gazer will provide a lightweight package that offers on-the-fly measurement and analysis for the HDD transfer rates with support for location selection.

The fact that the app doesn’t require any special setup means that users will be able to deploy it almost instantaneously and start reading the HDD transfer rates. The large, discernible on-screen controls of the interface offer unhindered operation and easy initialization.

A list of available drives will be provided if that is the case, and several options for parameterizing the analysis offer selections for the number of runs, the block size, area as well as the location. Once the process has been initiated, the graph will display the read rate waveform in real time.

Measurements for the maximum, minimum and average transfer rates will appear once the analysis has started and during our tests, we sometimes experienced some lag for the detection phase. Nevertheless, once activated, the graphs are quickly populated with the resulting waveform.

By selecting the size of the analyzed area, one can preview the full waveform of the transfer rate analysis and even identify peaks that correspond to the constructive uniqueness of each hard drive.

This interesting application will provide an insight into users’ hard drives transfer rates by performing an analysis process that yields a graphical depiction of the resulting waveform.