To achieve the automation of a kind of Variable Valve Lift(VVL) on-off valve used for the automobile engine,a performance test system based on NI6221 data acquisition card is designed. The system is able to provide the test environment of fuel supply pressure of 250 kPa and 1 MPa and the temperature of 35 ℃±2 ℃. The valves can be judged qualified or not by testing the parameters of flow characteristic,voltage endurance, working voltage and response time. The test items,indexes,hardware and the software are described in this paper. The practical application indicates that the system can execute the test of on-off valves automatically at the efficiency of 50 s/unit with manual clamping for only one time,and it can keep steady and reliable performance as well.