CrystalDiskMark vs Modern FS Benchmark

CrystalDiskMark9.0Visit MFModern FS Benchmark7.7Visit

Higher score CrystalDiskMark #1 in Disk Benchmark Software 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 5 features Get CrystalDiskMark

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MF Modern FS Benchmark #6 in Disk Benchmark Software 7.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit site

• CrystalDiskMark fits best

  Easy Windows SSD and disk testing

• Modern FS Benchmark fits best

  Advanced Linux filesystem evaluation

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Side by side

Feature	CrystalDiskMark 9.0/10 Visit ↗	MFModern FS Benchmark 7.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	7.7
Ranking	#1 in Disk Benchmark Software	#6 in Disk Benchmark Software
Best for	Easy Windows SSD and disk testing	Advanced Linux filesystem evaluation
Pricing model	Free	Free
Starting price	Free plan	Free plan
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Desktop	Self-hosted
Platforms	Windows	Linux
Built for	Solo, Small business	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features CrystalDiskMark 0/5 · Modern FS Benchmark 5/5
Random I/O tests	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Sequential tests	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
IOPS measurement	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Latency measurement	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Command-line interface	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Supported platforms	Not checked yet	Linux
Our review
Pros	Tests sequential, random, read, write, and mixed performance. Shows MB/s, GB/s, IOPS, and average latency results. Exports results as text or PNG, JPEG, and BMP images.	Tests redundancy, snapshots, compression, rebuilds, and recovery Measures random and sequential I/O, IOPS, latency, and tail behavior Runs in GitHub Actions or on real hardware with JSON and dashboards
Cons	Windows-only software. The Microsoft Store edition costs $9.99 one-time. Its many settings may be more than casual users need.	Linux-only platform support Requires filesystem and hardware benchmarking expertise Focused on filesystem evaluation rather than general disk testing
Our verdict	CrystalDiskMark is an open-source Windows storage benchmark for measuring sequential, random, read, write, and mixed disk performance. It suits users comparing SSDs, checking drive behavior, or documenting storage results. You choose the… Read the review →	Modern FS Benchmark is an open-source Linux benchmark suite for comparing copy-on-write and classic filesystem stacks. It is designed for engineers evaluating btrfs, ZFS, bcachefs, ext4, and XFS across single-device, redundant, encrypted,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• CrystalDiskMark — where it wins

  • Tests sequential, random, read, write, and mixed performance.
  • Shows MB/s, GB/s, IOPS, and average latency results.
  • Exports results as text or PNG, JPEG, and BMP images.

  Where it doesn't

  • Windows-only software.
  • The Microsoft Store edition costs $9.99 one-time.
  • Its many settings may be more than casual users need.

• Modern FS Benchmark — where it wins

  • Tests redundancy, snapshots, compression, rebuilds, and recovery
  • Measures random and sequential I/O, IOPS, latency, and tail behavior
  • Runs in GitHub Actions or on real hardware with JSON and dashboards

  Where it doesn't

  • Linux-only platform support
  • Requires filesystem and hardware benchmarking expertise
  • Focused on filesystem evaluation rather than general disk testing

• CrystalDiskMark9.0/10 · Free plan

  A configurable Windows disk benchmark with detailed speed, IOPS, and latency results.

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• MFModern FS Benchmark7.7/10 · Free plan

  A deep Linux filesystem benchmark suite for repeatable performance and recovery comparisons.

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