Question Is winsat reliable to test M.2 speed

rjo98

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Read online that Windows has a built in tool called winsat you can use to test disk performance, where you "winsat -disk drive c" to test your c drive. Is that reliable to use just like that to confirm you're getting the speeds out of a M.2 drive that manufacturers advertise on their website for the drives? Or do you need to throw different switches at the command to truly do a better test?
 
Read online that Windows has a built in tool called winsat you can use to test disk performance, where you "winsat -disk drive c" to test your c drive. Is that reliable to use just like that to confirm you're getting the speeds out of a M.2 drive that manufacturers advertise on their website for the drives? Or do you need to throw different switches at the command to truly do a better test?
It's a test gives you some numbers run it and see what it says.

Also look at crystaldiskmark or as_ssd.....both free gives more numbers.
 
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(Never even heard of 'winsat')
I believe this used to be part of a system performance rating system Microsoft used in Vista and 7 as a way to give the layman a sort of explanation on how their computer can perform. I suppose it would also help software developers set easy minimum requirements (e.g., "your CPU must have a performance rating of 3.0 or higher")

They probably dropped it because the layman doesn't really care or can interpret its results in a meaningful manner.