I've recently started using Linux and I noticed a general lack of SSD-specific synthetic benchmarks that are easy to use and do not involve fiddling with the command line.
After investigating a bit I found out that there's a highly configurable benchmarking utility called FIO (Flexible IO Tester).
http://linux.die.net/man/1/fio
https://github.com/axboe/fio
http://www.storagereview.com/fio_flexible_i_o_tester_synthetic_benchmark
Some websites are using it for their SSD reviews as it's capable of outputting a much relevant data to the console. As you might have guessed, this is a command-line tool too, but it's relatively easy to make a graphical application out of it and emulate (imitate?) other Windows-based benchmarks so that one doesn't have to reinvent the wheel completely. So after toying a bit with Python3/PyQt5 I came up with something like this. Values are real, ie they come from actual benchmarking. Does this screenshot recall you something?
I'm not sure I plan to release this application as it is, as it's way too similar to CrystalDiskMark 3.0. However, I might think more about it if there's enough interest.
Are other Linux SSD users interested in graphical synthetic benchmark applications?
EDIT: I tried benchmarking my SanDisk Extreme II 480GB SSD and comparing it to some ones I did with other tools under Windows when I first installed this SSD in my PC. Speeds are pretty similar. Keep in mind that the original CrystaDiskMark uses MB/s, while mine uses MiB/s:
After investigating a bit I found out that there's a highly configurable benchmarking utility called FIO (Flexible IO Tester).
http://linux.die.net/man/1/fio
https://github.com/axboe/fio
http://www.storagereview.com/fio_flexible_i_o_tester_synthetic_benchmark
Some websites are using it for their SSD reviews as it's capable of outputting a much relevant data to the console. As you might have guessed, this is a command-line tool too, but it's relatively easy to make a graphical application out of it and emulate (imitate?) other Windows-based benchmarks so that one doesn't have to reinvent the wheel completely. So after toying a bit with Python3/PyQt5 I came up with something like this. Values are real, ie they come from actual benchmarking. Does this screenshot recall you something?
I'm not sure I plan to release this application as it is, as it's way too similar to CrystalDiskMark 3.0. However, I might think more about it if there's enough interest.
Are other Linux SSD users interested in graphical synthetic benchmark applications?
EDIT: I tried benchmarking my SanDisk Extreme II 480GB SSD and comparing it to some ones I did with other tools under Windows when I first installed this SSD in my PC. Speeds are pretty similar. Keep in mind that the original CrystaDiskMark uses MB/s, while mine uses MiB/s:
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