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title: Install USB Speed Tester on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of USB Speed Tester for on elementary OS - USB,
  SD & removable drive multi-block speed and sustained-write benchmark
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/usb-speed-tester/elementary
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# Install USB Speed Tester on **elementary OS**

# USB Speed Tester

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/usb-speed-tester/elementary#install)

#### USB, SD & removable drive multi-block speed and sustained-write benchmark

A real storage throughput, IOPS, latency, and sustained-write cache-dropoff benchmark utility for USB flash drives, SD/microSD cards, external SSDs, and Linux filesystems.
A lightweight Linux alternative to FlashDriveSpeed and USB Flash Benchmark for testing multi-block transfer speeds and exposing fake speed ratings or SLC cache cliffs.

Key features:

* Live filesystem and hardware inspector reading /proc/mounts, os.statvfs, /sys/block/\* device attributes, and /sys/bus/usb/devices link speeds (480 / 5000 / 10000 Mbps).
* Genuine Sequential and Random Read/Write benchmarks across 4 KiB, 64 KiB, 256 KiB, 1 MiB, and 4 MiB block sizes using os.fsync and POSIX\_FADV\_DONTNEED page-cache hints.
* Visual multi-block Read vs Write MB/s bar chart with IOPS and per-operation millisecond latency table.
* Sustained Write Throughput curve plotting MB/s across continuous written megabytes to reveal thermal throttling and flash cache dropoffs, with CSV and JSON report export.

Disclaimer: This project is an independent open-source tool and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by FlashDriveSpeed or its respective authors.

### Package name

* usb-speed-tester

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* Today - latest/stable

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[See more information about usb-speed-tester ›](https://snapcraft.io/usb-speed-tester)

## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install USB Speed Tester

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install USB Speed Tester

To install USB Speed Tester, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install usb-speed-tester
```

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