Contrary to previous iteration, this version returns an object with multiple properties describing statistical analysis of disk performance.

$testPaths='c:'
$expectedBlocksize=4096
$sampleSize=5
$diskSpdZip='https://github.com/microsoft/diskspd/releases/download/v2.0.21a/DiskSpd.zip'

function getDiskSpeed{ 
  param(
      [string]$testPath="c:",
      [int]$sampleSize=5,
      [int64]$blockSize=4096,
      [string]$diskSpdZip='https://github.com/microsoft/diskspd/releases/download/v2.0.21a/DiskSpd.zip'
      )   

  function isPathWritable{
          param($testPath)
          # Create random test file name
          $tempFolder=$testPath+"\getDiskSpeed\"
          $filename = "diskSpeedTest-"+[guid]::NewGuid()
          $tempFilename = (Join-Path $tempFolder $filename)
          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $tempFolder -Force -EA SilentlyContinue|Out-Null

          Try { 
              # Try to add a new file
              # New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $tempFolder -Force -EA SilentlyContinue
              [io.file]::OpenWrite($tempFilename).close()
              #Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "$testPath is writable."         
   
              # Delete test file after done
              # Remove-Item $tempFilename -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 
               
              # Set return value
              $feasible=$true;
              }
          Catch {
              # Return 'false' if there are errors
              $feasible=$false;
              }

          return $feasible;
    }

  function testUrl($url='https://google.com'){
    $HTTP_Request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)
    $HTTP_Response = $HTTP_Request.GetResponse()
    $HTTP_Status = [int]$HTTP_Response.StatusCode
    If ($HTTP_Status -eq 200) {
        $status=$true
    }Else {
        $status=$false
    }
    If (!($null -eq $HTTP_Response)){ $HTTP_Response.Close() }  
    return $status
  }
    function initTestPath([string]$path){
        if (Test-Path $path -EA SilentlyContinue){    
            $regexValidDriveLetters="^[A-Za-z]\:{0,1}$"
            $validLocalPath=$path.SubString(0,2) -match $regexValidDriveLetters
            if ($validLocalPath){
                $GLOBAL:localPath=$true;
                write-Host "Validating path... Local directory detected."
                
                $volumeName=if($path.Length -le 2){$path+"\"}else{$path.Substring(0,3)}
                $blockSize=(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Volume | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $volumeName}).BlockSize
                $GLOBAL:blockSize=if($blockSize){$blockSize}else{'unknown'}
                write-host "Block size detected as $blockSize."
                        
                $driveLettersOnThisComputer=ls function:[A-Z]: -n|?{test-path $_}
                if (!($driveLettersOnThisComputer -contains $path.SubString(0,2))){
                    Write-Host "The provided local path's first 2 characters do not match any volumes in this system.";
                    return $false;
                    }
                return $(isPathWritable $path)
            }else{
                $regexUncPath="^\\(?:\\[^<>:`"/\\|?*]+)+$"
                if ($path -match $regexUncPath){
                    $GLOBAL:localPath=$False;
                    $serverName=[regex]::match($path,'^\\\\(.*)\\').captures.groups[1].value
                    $blockSize=(get-wmiobject win32_volume -ComputerName $serverName -ea Ignore).Blocksize|select -first 2|select -first 1
                    $GLOBAL:blockSize=if($blockSize){$blockSize}else{'unknown'}
                    write-Host "UNC directory detected."
                    return $(isPathWritable $path)
                }else{
                    Write-Host "The provided path does not match a UNC pattern nor a local drive.";
                    return $false;
                }
                    }
            }else{
                Write-Host "The path $path currently is NOT accessible to perform I/O tests.";
                Return $false;
                }
        }
    function includeDiskSpd{      
        # Ensure that diskspd.exe is available in the system
        $diskSpeedUtilityAvailable=get-command diskspd.exe -ea SilentlyContinue
        if (!($diskSpeedUtilityAvailable)){
            [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
            if (!(Get-Command choco.exe -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
                Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
                }    
            try{
                if(testUrl $diskSpdZip){
                    $client = new-object System.Net.WebClient
                    $tempZip="C:\Temp\diskSpd.zip"
                    $tempFolder='C:\Temp\diskSpd'
                    $client.DownloadFile($diskSpdZip,$tempZip)
                    # [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory()
                    # $shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
                    # $zip = $shell.NameSpace($tempZip)
                    # foreach ($item in $zip.items()) {
                    #     $shell.Namespace($tempFolder).CopyHere($item)
                    # }
                    Expand-Archive -LiteralPath $tempZip -DestinationPath $tempFolder
                    copy-item "$tempFolder\amd64\diskspd.exe" C:\Windows\diskspd.exe
                }else{
                    choco install diskspd -y --ignore-checksums
                    $null=refreshenv                    
                }
                $diskSpeedUtilityAvailable=get-command diskspd.exe -ea SilentlyContinue
                return [bool]($diskSpeedUtilityAvailable)
            }catch{
                return $false
            }
        }else{
            return $true
        }
    }  

    function getIops{
        # Sometimes, the test result throws this error "diskspd Error opening file:" if no switches were used
        # The work around is to specify more parameters
        # Other variations:
        # $testResult=diskspd.exe-d1 -o4 -t4 -b8k -r -L -w50 -c1G $testFile
        # $testResult=diskspd.exe -b4K -t1 -r -w50 -o32 -d10 -c8192 $testFile
        # Note: remove the -c option to avoid this error when running with unprivileged accounts
        # diskspd.exe : WARNING: Error adjusting token privileges for SeManageVolumePrivilege (error code: 1300)
        
        try{
            $GLOBAL:blockSize=if($blockSize.gettype().Name -ne 'String'){$blockSize}else{$blockSize}
            if ($localPath){
                #$expression="diskspd.exe -b8k -d1 -o$processors -t$processors -r -L -w25 -c1G $testfile";                
                $expression="Diskspd.exe -b$blockSize -d1 -h -L -o$processors -t1 -r -w30 -c1G $testfile  2>&1"
            }else{
                $expression="Diskspd.exe -b$blockSize -d1 -h -L -o$processors -t1 -r -w30 -c1G $testfile 2>&1";
                }
            #write-host $expression
            $testResult=invoke-expression $expression;
            <# diskspd.exe -b8k -d1 -o4 -t4 -r -L -w25 -c1G $testfile
            8K block size; 1 second random I/O test;4 threads; 4 outstanding I/O operations;
            25% write (implicitly makes read 75% ratio); 
            #>
            }
            catch{                    
                $errorMessage = $_.Exception.Message
                $failedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName
                Write-Host "$errorMessage $failedItem";
                continue;
                }
        $x=$testResult|select-string -Pattern "total*" -CaseSensitive|select-object -First 1|out-String
        $iops=$x.split("|")[-3].Trim()
        #$mebibytesPerSecond=$x.split("|")[-4].Trim()            
        return $iops
    }

    function getIopsSample{
        $testArray=@();            
        for($i=1;$i -le $sampleSize;$i++){
            try{
                $iops=getIops;
                write-host "$i of $sampleSize`: $iops IOPS";
                $testArray+=$iops;
                }
                catch{
                    $errorMessage = $_.Exception.Message
                    $failedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName
                    Write-Host "$errorMessage $failedItem";
                    break;
                }
            }
        $testArray=$testArray|sort
        $min=($testArray|measure -Minimum).Minimum
        $max=($testArray|measure -Maximum).Maximum
        $median=.{
                if ($testArray.count%2) { # case odd count
                    $median = $testArray[[math]::Floor($testArray.count/2)]}
                else {# case even count
                    $median = ($testArray[$testArray.Count/2],$testArray[$testArray.count/2-1]|measure -Average).average                        
                    }
                return $median}
        $mode=.{$sample=$testArray|%{[math]::round($_,0)}
                $dataType = $sample[0].GetType()
                try {# Note the use of -NoElement
                    $results=$testArray|Group-Object -NoElement|Sort-Object Count -Descending| 
                    ForEach-Object -Begin { $topCount = 0 } -Process { 
                    if ($_.Count -lt $topCount) { break }
                    $topCount = $_.Count
                    if ($dataType -eq [string]) {$_.Name}
                    else {$dataType::Parse($_.Name)}                              
                    }
                    }
                catch{}
                finally{
                    if($results.count -eq $sample.count){'Sample size too small to obtain Mode'}
                    else{$results}
                    }
                }
        $average=($testArray|measure -Average).Average
        return @{
            'testDestination'=$testPath
            'testOrigin'=$env:computername
            'sampleSize'=$sampleSize
            'min'=$min                
            'max'=$max
            'mode'=$mode
            'median'=$median
            'average'=$average
            'MBps'=[math]::round($average*16/$blockSize,2)
            'blocksize'=if($blockSize.gettype().Name -eq 'String'){"$blockSize - assuming $blockSize"}else{$blockSize}
            }
    } 
    function isFileLocked{
        param($file=$(New-Object System.IO.FileInfo $testFile))
        if (Test-Path $testFile){
            try {
                $fileHandle = $file.Open([System.IO.FileMode]::Open, [System.IO.FileAccess]::ReadWrite, [System.IO.FileShare]::None)
                if ($fileHandle){
                    # File handle is open, which means file is not locked
                    $fileHandle.Close()
                    }
                return $false
                }
            catch{
                # file is locked
                return $true
                }
            }else{return $false}
    }

    if(!(includeDiskSpd)){
        return "Cannot proceed with out Diskspd.exe"
    }
    if($testPath.Length -eq 1){$testPath+=":";}
    if (initTestPath $testPath){
        # Set variables        
        $tempDirectory="$testPath`\getDiskSpeed"
        # New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $tempDirectory|Out-Null
        write-host "Obtaining disk speed of $testPath"
        $testFile="$tempDirectory`\testfile.dat"
        $processors=(Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem).NumberOfLogicalProcessors      
        # Trigger several tests and select the highest value
        $iops=getIopsSample
        # Cleanup
        # cmd /c rd $tempDirectory
        do {
            sleep 1;
            isFileLocked|out-null;
            }until(!(isFileLocked))
        Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $tempDirectory
        return $iops;
    }else{
        write-warning "Path $testPath is not accessible."
    }
}

$testPaths|%{getDiskSpeed $_ $sampleSize $expectedBlocksize $diskSpdZip}
function getDiskSpeed{

param(
[string]$driveLetter="c:",
[int]$sampleSize=5
)

if($driveLetter.Length -eq 1){$driveLetter+=":";}
write-host "Obtaining disk speed of $driveLetter"

function isPathWritable{
param($testPath)
# Create random test file name
$tempFolder=$testPath+"\getDiskSpeed\"
$filename = "diskSpeedTest-"+[guid]::NewGuid()
$tempFilename = (Join-Path $tempFolder $filename)
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $tempFolder -Force -EA SilentlyContinue|Out-Null

Try {
# Try to add a new file
# New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $tempFolder -Force -EA SilentlyContinue
[io.file]::OpenWrite($tempFilename).close()
#Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "$testPath is writable."

# Delete test file after done
# Remove-Item $tempFilename -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

# Set return value
$feasible=$true;
}
Catch {
# Return 'false' if there are errors
$feasible=$false;
}

return $feasible;
}

# Check if input is a valid drive letter
function validatePath{
param([string]$path=$driveLetter)
if (Test-Path $path -EA SilentlyContinue){
$regexValidDriveLetters="^[A-Za-z]\:{0,1}$"
$validLocalPath=$path.SubString(0,2) -match $regexValidDriveLetters
if ($validLocalPath){
$GLOBAL:localPath=$true;
write-Host "Validating path... Local directory detected."

$volumeName=if($driveLetter.Length -le 2){$driveLetter+"\"}else{$driveLetter.Substring(0,3)}
$GLOBAL:clusterSize=(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Volume | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $volumeName}).BlockSize;
write-host "Cluster size detected as $clusterSize."

$driveLettersOnThisComputer=ls function:[A-Z]: -n|?{test-path $_}
if (!($driveLettersOnThisComputer -contains $path.SubString(0,2))){
Write-Host "The provided local path's first 2 characters do not match any volumes in this system.";
return $false;
}
return $(isPathWritable $path)
}else{
$regexUncPath="^\\(?:\\[^<>:`"/\\|?*]+)+$"
if ($path -match $regexUncPath){
$GLOBAL:localPath=$False;
write-Host "UNC directory detected."
return $(isPathWritable $path)
}else{Write-Host "The provided path does not match a UNC pattern nor a local drive.";return $false;}
}
}else{
Write-Host "The path $path currently does NOT exist";
Return $false;
}
}

if (validatePath){
# Set variables
$tempDirectory="$driveLetter`\getDiskSpeed"
# New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $tempDirectory|Out-Null
$testFile="$tempDirectory`\testfile.dat"
$processors=(Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem).NumberOfLogicalProcessors

# Ensure that diskspd.exe is available in the system
$diskSpeedUtilityAvailable=get-command diskspd.exe -ea SilentlyContinue
if (!($diskSpeedUtilityAvailable)){
if (!(Get-Command choco.exe -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
}
choco install diskspd -y;
refreshenv;
}

function getIops{
# Sometimes, the test result throws this error "diskspd Error opening file:" if no switches were used
# The work around is to specify more parameters
# Other variations:
# $testResult=diskspd.exe-d1 -o4 -t4 -b8k -r -L -w50 -c1G $testFile
# $testResult=diskspd.exe -b4K -t1 -r -w50 -o32 -d10 -c8192 $testFile
# Note: remove the -c option to avoid this error when running with unprivileged accounts
# diskspd.exe : WARNING: Error adjusting token privileges for SeManageVolumePrivilege (error code: 1300)

try{
if ($localPath){
#$expression="diskspd.exe -b8k -d1 -o$processors -t$processors -r -L -w25 -c1G $testfile";
$expression="Diskspd.exe -b$clusterSize -d1 -h -L -o$processors -t1 -r -w30 -c1G $testfile 2>&1";
}else{
$expression="Diskspd.exe -b8K -d1 -h -L -o$processors -t1 -r -w30 -c1G $testfile 2>&1";
}
#write-host $expression
$testResult=invoke-expression $expression;
<# diskspd.exe -b8k -d1 -o4 -t4 -r -L -w25 -c1G $testfile
8K block size; 1 second random I/O test;4 threads; 4 outstanding I/O operations;
25% write (implicitly makes read 75% ratio);
#>
}
catch{
$errorMessage = $_.Exception.Message
$failedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName
Write-Host "$errorMessage $failedItem";
continue;
}
$x=$testResult|select-string -Pattern "total*" -CaseSensitive|select-object -First 1|out-String
$iops=$x.split("|")[-3].Trim()
#$mebibytesPerSecond=$x.split("|")[-4].Trim()
return $iops
}

function selectHighIops{
$testArray=@();
for($i=1;$i -le $sampleSize;$i++){
try{
$iops=getIops;
write-host "$i of $sampleSize`: $iops IOPS";
$testArray+=$iops;
}
catch{
$errorMessage = $_.Exception.Message
$failedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName
Write-Host "$errorMessage $failedItem";
break;
}
}
$highestResult=($testArray|measure -Maximum).Maximum
return $highestResult
}

# Trigger several tests and select the highest value
$selectedIops=selectHighIops

# Cleanup
# cmd /c rd $tempDirectory
function isFileLocked{
param($file=$(New-Object System.IO.FileInfo $testFile))
if (Test-Path $testFile){
try {
$fileHandle = $file.Open([System.IO.FileMode]::Open, [System.IO.FileAccess]::ReadWrite, [System.IO.FileShare]::None)
if ($fileHandle){
# File handle is open, which means file is not locked
$fileHandle.Close()
}
return $false
}
catch{
# file is locked
return $true
}
}else{return $false}
}

do {
sleep 1;
isFileLocked|out-null;
}until(!(isFileLocked))
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $tempDirectory

$mebibytesPerSecond=[math]::round($(([int]$selectedIops)/128),2)
return "Highest: $selectedIops IOPS ($mebibytesPerSecond MiB/s)";
}else{return "Cannot get disk speed"}
}

<#
(gwmi -Class win32_volume -Filter "DriveType!=5" -ea stop| ?{$_.DriveLetter -ne $isnull}|`
Select-object @{Name="Letter";Expression={$_.DriveLetter}},`
@{Name="Label";Expression={$_.Label}},`
@{Name="Capacity";Expression={"{0:N2} GiB" -f ($_.Capacity/1073741824)}},`
@{Name = "Available"; Expression = {"{0:N2} GiB" -f ($_.FreeSpace/1073741824)}},`
@{Name = "Utilization"; Expression = {"{0:N2} %" -f ((($_.Capacity-$_.FreeSpace) / $_.Capacity)*100)}},`
@{Name = "diskBrand"; Expression = {getDiskSpeed $_.DriveLetter}},`
@{Name = "diskSpeed"; Expression = {getDiskSpeed $_.DriveLetter}}`
| ft -autosize | Out-String).Trim()
#>

Output

PS H:\> getDiskSpeed
Obtaining disk speed of c:
Validating path... Local directory detected.
Cluster size detected as 4096.
1 of 5: 13255.40 IOPS
2 of 5: 62858.84 IOPS
3 of 5: 64618.56 IOPS
4 of 5: 13274.12 IOPS
5 of 5: 60426.45 IOPS
Highest: 64618.56 IOPS (504.84 MiB/s)