HDD Speed Test

Ha ha, thanks for that I needed a laugh.

SSD's are not subject to speed. Oh my god, I am literally rolling around on the floor laughing my * off. Any storage, be it Solid State, Hard Disk, Fibre Attached or USB Pen Drive is subject to transfer speeds.

Please, never speak to me again.

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Anybody else know of a good bench mark tool for HDD/SDD's that runs on the MAC? I'm just interested to see what my SSD is getting over my 70MBs read and write HDD in my old laptop.

Thanks for the attitude re-adjustment Craig, appreciated. His answer is way off base and you know it, at the very least miserably unhelpful. My response my be seen as harsh and more than likely unjustified, however, people that post complete non-sense for over 1000 posts are more than irritating.

The reason that my post went unanswered is, from what i can see, there isn't any such software other than xbench. The only other i found was http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/20482/disk-speed-bench/ , which pales in comparison to a slightly haphazard xbench.
Yes the differences are dramatic, which can be felt through normal use. Xbench showed 186 Read and 150 write.

It is a shame there isn't a more in-depth test i can run just to see the results, like I say CrystalMark for Windows is a good piece of software.

PS. Read my post again, i was never once rude to the other poster, unfortunately within the first sentence you managed to hurl insults. Please practice what you preach. Nonetheless, thank you for your constructive response.

I think I have exhausted my search now, I only managed to find 3
http://www.xbench.com/
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/HD-Speed-Test.shtml
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/20482/disk-speed-bench/

Hope this helps somebody else out.

I was a bit disappointed with my overall speed which averaged out at about 140-160 read and write, although it is the fastest storage device I have in my home.