Would you like to learn how to test the speed of your hard drive and RAM on Ubuntu Linux? In this tutorial, we are going to show you all the steps required to install and test the write and read speed of your HD and memory on Ubuntu Linux.

• Ubuntu Linux version 18.04

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1. Test the Hard Drive Speed on Ubuntu Linux

On the Linux console, use the following commands to install the Required Packages.

# apt-get update
# apt-get install ioping

Use the following command to test the Hard drive write speed.

# ioping -S64M -L -s4k -W -c 10 .

4 KiB >>> . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=1 time=8.12 ms (warmup)
4 KiB >>> . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=2 time=203.4 us
4 KiB >>> . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=3 time=202.5 us
4 KiB >>> . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=4 time=212.8 us
4 KiB >>> . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=5 time=299.3 us
4 KiB >>> . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=6 time=261.1 us
4 KiB >>> . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=7 time=286.2 us
4 KiB >>> . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=8 time=287.8 us
4 KiB >>> . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=9 time=238.3 us
4 KiB >>> . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=10 time=247.5 us

— . (ext4 /dev/sda3) ioping statistics —
9 requests completed in 2.24 ms, 36 KiB written, 4.02 k iops, 15.7 MiB/s
generated 10 requests in 9.00 s, 40 KiB, 1 iops, 4.44 KiB/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 202.5 us / 248.8 us / 299.3 us / 35.3 us

In our example, the IOPING Hard drive write speed detected was: 15.7 MiB/s.

Use the following command to test the Hard drive read speed.

# ioping -A -D -s16k -c 10 .

16 KiB <<< . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=1 time=8.11 ms (warmup)
16 KiB <<< . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=2 time=187.0 us
16 KiB <<< . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=3 time=259.2 us
16 KiB <<< . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=4 time=230.8 us
16 KiB <<< . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=5 time=245.8 us
16 KiB <<< . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=6 time=180.1 us
16 KiB <<< . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=7 time=208.3 us
16 KiB <<< . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=8 time=178.5 us (fast)
16 KiB <<< . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=9 time=251.0 us
16 KiB <<< . (ext4 /dev/sda3): request=10 time=198.1 us

— . (ext4 /dev/sda3) ioping statistics —
9 requests completed in 1.94 ms, 144 KiB read, 4.64 k iops, 72.5 MiB/s
generated 10 requests in 9.00 s, 160 KiB, 1 iops, 17.8 KiB/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 178.5 us / 215.4 us / 259.2 us / 30.0 us

In our example, the IOPING Hard drive read speed detected was: 72.5 MiB/s

2. Test the RAM Speed on Ubuntu Linux

On the Linux console, use the following commands to install the Required Packages.

# apt-get update
# apt-get install ioping

Use the following command to test the RAM drive write speed.

# mkdir -p /tmp/ram
# mount -t tmpfs -o size=512M tmpfs /tmp/ram/
# cd /tmp/ram/
# ioping -S64M -L -s4k -W -c 10 .

4 KiB >>> . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=1 time=5.67 us (warmup)
4 KiB >>> . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=2 time=10.1 us
4 KiB >>> . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=3 time=9.89 us
4 KiB >>> . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=4 time=11.3 us
4 KiB >>> . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=5 time=10.2 us
4 KiB >>> . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=6 time=9.79 us
4 KiB >>> . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=7 time=10.1 us
4 KiB >>> . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=8 time=10.1 us
4 KiB >>> . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=9 time=9.99 us
4 KiB >>> . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=10 time=9.20 us (fast)

— . (tmpfs tmpfs) ioping statistics —
9 requests completed in 90.6 us, 36 KiB written, 99.3 k iops, 388.1 MiB/s
generated 10 requests in 9.00 s, 40 KiB, 1 iops, 4.44 KiB/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 9.20 us / 10.1 us / 11.3 us / 510 ns

In our example, the IOPING RAM write speed detected was: 388.1 MiB/s.

Use the following command to test the memory RAM read speed.

# mkdir -p /tmp/ram
# mount -t tmpfs -o size=512M tmpfs /tmp/ram/
# cd /tmp/ram/
# ioping -A -s16k -c 10 .

16 KiB <<< . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=1 time=16.8 us (warmup)
16 KiB <<< . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=2 time=16.4 us
16 KiB <<< . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=3 time=15.3 us
16 KiB <<< . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=4 time=21.6 us
16 KiB <<< . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=5 time=15.9 us
16 KiB <<< . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=6 time=16.9 us
16 KiB <<< . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=7 time=21.2 us
16 KiB <<< . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=8 time=16.4 us
16 KiB <<< . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=9 time=17.7 us
16 KiB <<< . (tmpfs tmpfs): request=10 time=17.5 us

— . (tmpfs tmpfs) ioping statistics —
9 requests completed in 158.9 us, 144 KiB read, 56.6 k iops, 884.9 MiB/s
generated 10 requests in 9.00 s, 160 KiB, 1 iops, 17.8 KiB/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 15.3 us / 17.7 us / 21.6 us / 2.13 us

In our example, the IOPING RAM read speed detected was: 884.9 MiB/s