All benchmarks were performed using hyperfine with 5 runs per tool after a warm-up run.
Performance Overview
mkbrr consistently outperforms other torrent creation tools across various hardware configurations. The benchmarks show that mkbrr is not only faster but also maintains better consistency, especially on mechanical drives where other tools struggle with variance.Hetzner AX102
2.86s for 15 GiB
Leaseweb SSD
7.24s for 21 GiB
Hetzner HDD
41.02s for 14 GiB
Apple Silicon
9.71s for 30 GiB
Detailed Results
- Hetzner AX102
- Leaseweb SSD
- Hetzner HDD
- Apple Silicon
Hardware
Hetzner Dedicated Server
- AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
- 128GB DDR5 RAM @ 3600 MT/s
- 2× KIOXIA KCD8XRUG1T92 in SW RAID-0
Test Results
15 GiB 1080p season pack
- mkbrr: 2.86s
- torf: 3.06s
- torrenttools: 3.11s
- mktorrent: 16.83s
Performance Consistency
mkbrr maintains good consistency across all platforms, with variance ranging from 0.25% to 2.4%. It particularly excels on storage-heavy workloads, where other tools can show up to 39% variance.
Hetzner AX102
All tools showed good consistency on high-end hardware:
- mktorrent: 1.62% variance
- mkbrr: 1.75% variance
- torf: 2.29% variance
- torrenttools: 2.93% variance
Hetzner HDD
Other tools showed significant fluctuations on HDD:
- mkbrr: 2.4% variance
- torf: 9.9% variance
- torrenttools: 22.0% variance
- mktorrent: 39.1% variance
Leaseweb SSD
All tools performed consistently on SSD:
- mkbrr: 0.25% variance
- mktorrent: 0.36% variance
- torf: 0.87% variance
- torrenttools: 1.02% variance

