# Performance

- [Hardware requirements](/validating/performance/hardware-requirements.md)
- [Ping validator](/validating/performance/ping-validator.md): Running Pinger allows the validator to share leader data transmission times with the network.
- [Node maintenance](/validating/performance/node-maintenance.md)
- [Disk IOPS test](/validating/performance/disk-iops-test.md): Purpose: check that your validator’s disk is fast enough for X1 block production. This test safely benchmarks random read/write performance (IOPS) using the fio tool.
- [Validator health check](/validating/performance/validator-health-check.md): This script runs a full system health report for your X1 validator: it checks CPU, Memory, Disk I/O, Network latency, Clock synchronization, and Vote Account activity — all in one run.
- [Validator bandwidth test](/validating/performance/validator-bandwidth-test.md): Test your validator's bandwidth: download/upload speeds, live throughput, and RPC connectivity.