Testing Hard Drive Performance

Is there a program designed for testing memory performance on different volumes of multiple hard drives so you can compare different partition schemes, or iIf not, a real life process one could time and thus derive a comparison? For example, first test file X on volume A, then on B, then on C, and compare the times?
Thanks

*AJA KONA System Test Version 6.0.1*
A Macintosh utility for measuring system performance with AJA KONA Video Capture cards.
The application includes disk drive speed tests and Macintosh video data copy (DMA) speeds.
The disk speed tests differ from standard disk I/O performance applications in that they specifically test the system under conditions typically encountered with video capture, playback and editing.
Note: most of the disk performance tests are generic and don't require an AJA KONA Video Capture card. The DMA performance tests do require a KONA card and AJA KONA Driver software to operate. The DMA tests are not compatible with AJA Io products.
*AJA Data Rate Calculator Application Version 6.0.1*
This OS X software application calculates data rates and storage requirements for a given video size, format, and frame rate. It's great for both KONA and Io users as a resource for configuring systems and determining storage requirements.
http://www.aja.com/html/supportkona3swd.html
- I think this is more like what you, or someone doing video editing, wants to use, and even test different drive and raid configurations.

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