HD Tune is a wonderful piece of software for anyone wanting to monitor their hard drive’s health, check it for errors, monitor heat, or benchmark its performance.

It’s simple and easy to use. Performance is quick and accurate and very well supported with new versions being released every few months with fixes.

You can also compare your hard drive’s performance versus other drives by different companies, sizes, and performance. The benchmarking utility is the best feature and what most will use this program for (including myself). It will check your transfer rate on all three accounts including minimum, maximum, and overall average transfer. You will also get your access time, burst rate, and CPU usage from benchmarking.

If you’re looking for a way to keep an eye on your hard drive in terms of its health and performance, this is a great way to do so - and without cost.

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