Download CrystalDiskMark, this is a small program that tests the performance of your hard drives. The easy to use interface allows to select the drive you want to test, the number of tests to perform, and the test size of the disk. The program tests sequential and random (4KB/512KB) read/write speeds.

Download SpeedFan now and this program will help you to monitors fan speeds, temperatures and voltages in computers with hardware monitor chips. It can even access S.M.A.R.T. info for those hard disks that support this feature and show hard disk temperatures too, if supported. It can even change the FSB on some hardware. At the lowest level, it is a hardware monitor software, but its main feature is that it can control fan speeds according to the temperatures inside your pc, thus reducing noise and power consumption.

Download for free SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) now !

this is an information & diagnostic utility , it will show most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.

You can get information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, PCI, PCIe, ODBC Connections, USB2, 1394/Firewire, etc.

Use this free program to analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, hard disk performance, video system information, mainboard information, and many more.

Key features of Fresh Diagnose:

System Information: Scanning your system and give you a complete report about computer´s hardware and software, for examples:

* mainboard information,
* video system information,
* buses information,
* peripheral (keyboard, mouse, printer, etc.) information,
* network information.

Use CrystalDiskMark for tests the performance of your hard drives. The easy to use interface allows to select the drive you want to test, the number of tests to perform, and the test size of the disk. The program tests sequential and random (4KB/512KB) read/write speeds.