Alternatives to AS SSD Benchmark
Quick Windows benchmark tool for testing SSD read and write speeds. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
AS SSD Benchmark
Quick Windows benchmark tool for testing SSD read and write speeds.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as AS SSD Benchmark.
CrystalDiskMark
The standard Windows disk benchmark, measuring sequential and random read and write speeds in a few clicks.
CrystalDiskMark is open source under MIT and measures sequential, random and mixed speeds across several queue depths, with builds for x86, x64 and ARM64 Windows.
GNOME Disks
A graphical disk utility for GNOME that partitions, formats, benchmarks and images drives on Linux.
GNOME Disks runs on Linux instead of Windows and includes a basic read and access-time benchmark inside a wider partitioning and formatting tool.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
CrystalDiskInfo
Reads the health data your drives already record and tells you plainly whether one is dying.
smartmontools
Reads the SMART health data built into disks and runs self-tests, giving advance warning before a drive fails.
