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DiskSpd
DeveloperMicrosoft
Stable release
2.3 / September 4, 2026; 25 days ago (2026-09-04)[1]
Written inC++
Operating systemWindows 10 (version 1803) or later[2]
Platformx86-64, ARM64[2]
Available inEnglish
TypeBenchmark program
LicenseMIT License[3]
Websiteaka.ms/diskspd
Repositorygithub.com/Microsoft/diskspd

DiskSpd is a free and open-source[4] command-line tool for storage benchmarking on Microsoft Windows that generates a variety of requests against computer files, partitions or storage devices and presents collected statistics as text in the command-line interface or as an XML file.[5][6][3]

Overview

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The command supports physical and virtual storage including hard disk drive (HDD), solid-state drives (SSD), and solid-state hybrid drives (SSHD).[7] It provides control over the testing methods, duration, threads, queues, IO and processor affinity, and reporting.[8]

In 2024, the command was updated to handle modern workloads and hardware like NVMe.[9]

DiskSpd worked on desktop versions of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, as well as Windows Server 2012, Windows 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016.[10] As of 2026, the current binary release (version 2.3) includes builds for x86-64 and ARM64 and requires Windows 10 version 1803 or later; some newer features, such as the IoRing I/O path and BypassIO mode, require Windows 11.[2] Earlier releases supported older versions of Windows, with version 2.2 supporting Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 or later.[11]

It is licensed under MIT License and the source code is available on GitHub.[12]

Example

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Benchmark two drives (C: and E:) using a 100 MB test file, and run the test for a duration of 60 seconds (the default is 10).[13]

C:\>diskspd -c100M -d60 c: e:

History

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DiskSpd was developed by Microsoft's Windows and Cloud Server Infrastructure Engineering teams as a storage load generator and performance test tool.[14] In December 2015, Microsoft retired its SQLIO Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool, redirected the download page to DiskSpd, and recommended DiskSpd for storage testing with SQL Server.[15] In April 2016 Microsoft announced that DiskSpd's source code was available on GitHub, alongside the release of VMFleet, a set of storage test scripts.[16] The CrystalDiskMark utility was rewritten to use DiskSpd for its tests in version 4.0.[17]

Version 2.0.21a (September 2018) added support for memory-mapped I/O and for Event Tracing for Windows.[18] Version 2.2 (June 2024) reworked the asynchronous I/O loop to improve latency measurement on fast storage at high queue depths, and added processor topology reporting, including the efficiency class of hybrid-architecture cores.[11] Version 2.3 (September 2026) added an IoRing-based I/O path, BypassIO modes, and topology-aware thread-affinity controls.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Release v2.3". GitHub. September 4, 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-23.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Release DISKSPD 2.3". GitHub. 4 September 2026. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  3. 1 2 "microsoft/diskspd". GitHub.
  4. ↑ "Microsoft DISKSPD now on GitHub, and the mysterious VMFLEET released".
  5. ↑ "Benchmark your hard drives with Microsoft's open-source Diskspd". BetaNews. March 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Microsoft DiskSpd Storage Performance Tool - gHacks Tech News". www.ghacks.net. 10 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Server and Storage I/O Benchmark Tools: Microsoft Diskspd (Part I) - DZone Performance". dzone.com.
  8. ↑ Diskspd 2.0.17 | Software Downloads | Techworld
  9. ↑ Cuomo, Dan. "Windows Server 2025 Storage Performance with Diskspd". techcommunity.microsoft.com.
  10. ↑ Hoffman, Chris (23 July 2016). "How to Stress Test the Hard Drives in Your PC or Server". How-To Geek.
  11. 1 2 "Release DISKSPD 2.2". GitHub. June 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  12. ↑ "microsoft/diskspd". November 7, 2020 – via GitHub.
  13. ↑ "Using diskspd.exe to test storage system". Medium. January 11, 2018.
  14. ↑ "microsoft/diskspd". GitHub. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "SQLIO Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool is being retired". Microsoft Community Hub. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  16. ↑ "DISKSPD now on GitHub, and the mysterious VMFLEET released". Microsoft Community Hub. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  17. ↑ "Using Microsoft DiskSpd to Test Your Storage Subsystem". SQLPerformance.com. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  18. ↑ "Release DISKSPD 2.0.21a". GitHub. September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
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