This script tests the read and write speed of a USB device by creating and measuring the time to read/write a file with size 1 MB and 1 GB. The script detects all available USB devices and selects the first one in the list as the test device.
To run the script, follow these steps:
- Clone the repository to your local machine
git clone https://github.com/davidtkeane/usb-speed-auto-checker.git - Navigate to the directory where the repository was cloned.
- Install dependencies by running
pip install -r requirements.txt. - Connect a USB device to your computer
- Run the script by executing
python speed_test.py
Here are some improvements that could be made to this script:
- Add support for non-removable disks
- Implement multi-threading to speed up the testing process
- Allow users to select which USB device to test if multiple ones are detected
The script requires the following packages to be installed:
- psutil==5.8.0