Software Features and Description
1. Disk Speed Test is an easy to use tool to quickly measure and certify your disk performance for working with high quality video! Simply click the start button and Disk Speed Test will write test your disk using large blocks of data, and then display the result.
2. Disk Speed Test will continue to test writes and reads from your disk so you can evaluate both performance and readability over time.
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Download and install Blackmagic Disk Speed Test on your computer
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Or follow the guide below to use on PC:
Select Windows version:
- Windows 7-10
- Windows 11
Download and install the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test app on your Windows 10,8,7 or Mac in 4 simple steps below:
- Download an Android emulator for PC and Mac:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks Pc or Mac software Here >> .
- Install the emulator on your PC or Mac:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.
- Using Blackmagic Disk Speed Test on PC [Windows 7/ 8/8.1/ 10/ 11]:
- Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Blackmagic Disk Speed Test"
- The search will reveal the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test app icon. Open, then click "Install".
- Once Blackmagic Disk Speed Test is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Blackmagic Disk Speed Test.
- Now enjoy Blackmagic Disk Speed Test on PC.
- Using Blackmagic Disk Speed Test on Mac OS:
Install Blackmagic Disk Speed Test on your Mac using the same steps for Windows OS above.
How to download and use Blackmagic Disk Speed Test App on Windows 11
To get Blackmagic Disk Speed Test on Windows 11, check if there's a native Blackmagic Disk Speed Test Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:
- Download the Amazon-Appstore » (U.S only)
- Click on "Get" to begin installation. It also automatically installs Windows Subsystem for Android.
- After installation, Goto Windows Start Menu or Apps list » Open the Amazon Appstore » Login (with Amazon account)
- For non-U.S users, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto Playstore on PC » click Configure_Download. This will auto-download Google Play Store on your Windows 11.
- Installing Blackmagic Disk Speed Test:
- Login to your computer's PlayStore or Amazon AppStore.
- Search for "Blackmagic Disk Speed Test" » Click "Install" to install Blackmagic Disk Speed Test
- Blackmagic Disk Speed Test will now be available on your windows start-menu.
| Minimum requirements |
Recommended |
- 8GB RAM
- SSD Storage
- Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000
- Architecture: x64 or ARM64
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Blackmagic Disk Speed Test On iTunes
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Developer |
Rating |
Score |
Current version |
Adult Ranking |
| Free On iTunes |
Blackmagic Design Inc |
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3.4.2 |
4+ |
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✔ Pros:
- Blackmagic has been updated to report the speed of SSD devices accurately.
- The app is easy to use and provides useful information about the transfer rates of drives.
- The app is reasonably priced.
- Creating a disk image using the disk utility is a simple workaround to rate the transfer rates of the Startup Disk.
☹ Cons:
- Blackmagic cannot rate the transfer rates of the Startup Disk directly due to the device being non-writable.
- The app lacks a button in the UI to cancel the current test.
- The app runs forever and does not allow users to specify the number of runs or pause period between runs.
- The app does not have an option to save a log file with the test results for each run.
- The app seems to have issues with NTFS formatted drives.
Top Pcmac Reviews
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Blackmagic is now faster enough to rate internal SSD speeds, even the Startup Disk
By Capt.Huffnpuff (Pcmac user)
the app has been updated to adequately report the speed of SSD devices.
When the app tries to read the Startup Disk, you get the message that the device is not writeable, hence you cannot rate the the transfer rates of the drive.
I found a workaround that will report the rates of the Startup Disk. Its quite simple. Create a disk image (.dmg) using the disk utility specifying file->new image->blank image. Make it big enough for the app to work with (7+ GB) and name it what you will. Mount the volume (if it is not already mounted).
In the app select the disk image mounted. Since the “volume” is on your Startup Disk, you will see how fast it drive is. On my 2016 MacBook Pro, I am seeing speeds like 1,000+ MB/s write, and 1100+ MB/S read. I have tried this on my older mackbooks with SSD and they do scale down as the device is older. On an older MacBook Pro the rates I see are 500 MB/S both read and write, as you would expect.
I have run the app on USB 2, thumb drives, USB 3, and USB C devices to see if I’m getting my money’s worth. You can easily detect when a device is performing subpar and, and with the spinning disk, you can see is transfer speeds deteriorates over time.
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Almost Perfect, Great Price
By MidlandPaintedTurtle (Pcmac user)
Disk Speed Test is a very useful product and one cannot complain about the price point.
However, a few enhancements would make this program truly wonderful.
Ability to Specify Number of Runs
Instead of just running forever, it would be nice to be able to specify that Disk Speed Test is to run some user specified number of times.
Ability to specify the pause period between runs
At the default values, it is hard to stop the program after it has totally finished one test, and before it has started another. It would be nice to be able to specify a pause between runs.
Log File
It would be nice if Disk Speed Test had an option to save a log file with the test results for each run. Something that one could import into Excel or some other spreadsheet would be idea.
Command Line Run
The ability to run Disk Speed Test from the command line would allow for automation. And also for remote collection of such data by admins, who could use this feature with ARD or other secure command line login.
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Great tool, price is perfect
By 2584LuckyLu (Pcmac user)
i wish it had a button in the UI to cancel current test. i know i can simply quit application but doing that on SD cards always makes me nervous. I know about all the pertient data i need from the first couple reads/writes on an SD card, dont need the full 10min + run of tests. But an awesome tool nonetheless. Installed and ran immediately on Sierra 12.6, but doesnt open when you click to launch from the Mac store, so close the store and open from applications drawer.
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Nice FREE Utility
By ChangeMachine (Pcmac user)
I use this often and appreciate it. The update (3.1) seems to provide much more stable speed readings than the 2.x version I've been using (where the guage is all over the map). One issue I have is that it seems to have issues with NTFS formatted drives. I'm using Paragon's NTFS for Mac, and BMDST writes to it well (430 to my SSD) but on the read test it often (though not always) fails with "Error reading the test file". Aside from this niche case it's an awesome tool.
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