Measuring hard disk speed

[mmgareth]

Hi

Are there any tools I can use to measure the read and write speeds of the hard disk on my new Intel Mac Mini?

I want to compare the 80Gb internal drive, to an external Lacie firewire unit.

Any useful info would be much appreciated.

Many thanks


Gareth

[hammdesigner]

Have you tried viewing your HD's stats through System Profiler, it comes with you mac. Hope this helps.

[mmgareth]

Hi

I hadn't tried the 'System Profiler', but this is not what I am looking for.

I'd like to run some writes and reads to both disks, and look at the performance. The type of tests magazines run when comparing systems and hard disks...

Thanks anyway



Gareth

[barhar]

'Xbench', 'TechTool Pro', ...

[mmgareth]

Xbench looks great :-) Thank you!