Each year at PCMag, our experts review dozens of hard drives and solid-state drives (SSDs). We put each drive we review through our rigorous testing regimen at PC Labs, tailored to the specific type ...

I want to know how fast my hard drive transfer rates are. Is there a (free) utility to test this and get the results in MegaBytes per second. A arbitrary performance number would be meaningless to me.

A slow hard drive can make routine tasks, such as storing and transferring files, unbearably frustrating. Running Windows or any other operating system from a slow hard drive can make matters even ...