SQL code to create 5 million rows of test data in a small table
CREATE TABLE IOTest(ID INT IDENTITY
CONSTRAINT [PK_IOTest_ID] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (ID ASC)
, AnotherNumber INT
, AString CHAR(50));
GO
SET NOCOUNT ON;
INSERT INTO IOTest (AnotherNumber, AString)
SELECT TOP (50000) ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY a.OBJECT_ID), REPLICATE('A',50)
FROM sys.columns AS a CROSS JOIN sys.columns AS b;
GO 100