#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Basic HD speed test using DD
# mReschke 2017-07-11

file=./bigfile
size=1024

printf "Cached write speed...\n"
dd if=/dev/zero of=$file bs=1M count=$size

printf "\nUncached write speed...\n"
dd if=/dev/zero of=$file bs=1M count=$size conv=fdatasync,notrunc

printf "\nUncached read speed...\n"
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
dd if=$file of=/dev/null bs=1M count=$size

printf "\nCached read speed...\n"
dd if=$file of=/dev/null bs=1M count=$size

rm $file
printf "\nDone\n"