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This is an incomplete list of software that reads S.M.A.R.T. ( Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data from hard drives.
Name | Operating system | License | User interface | Fixed drives |
USB,
eSATA and removable drives |
RAID support [a] | Shows S.M.A.R.T. attributes | Hard drive self-testing |
Notification | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIDA64 | Windows | Trialware [1] | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA, NVMe | eSATA, USB | Some RAID controllers | Yes | No | Monitoring only available in the Business Edition [2] | |
Argus Monitor | Windows | Trialware [3] | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA | eSATA, USB | Some RAID controllers | Yes | ? | By window, sound, email, program execution at choosable parameter changes, threshold | Also shows temperature of CPU, GPU, CPU core speed, Intel Turbo Boost status, CPU power consumption, system load and system fan speeds. Can control speed of GPU and system fans. |
CrystalDiskInfo | Windows | MIT | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA, NVMe | eSATA, USB, IEEE 1394 | Several RAID controllers [4] | Yes | No | Mail, sound and popup | Sister utility to CrystalDiskMark. Has AAM/APM control. |
Defraggler | Windows | Freeware | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA | eSATA, USB | No | Yes | No | No | Primarily a defragmenter; supports basic S.M.A.R.T. stat display, includes the one-word summary of drive-health. |
Disk Utility | macOS | Commercial proprietary | GUI | Yes |
eSATA and removable drives |
? | No | No | No | Summary information includes one line for S.M.A.R.T. [5] |
HDDExpert | Windows | Freeware | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Available from KC Softwares [6] |
GNOME Disks | Linux | LGPL v2+ | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA, NVMe | USB | ? | Yes | Yes | GNOME pop-up notification | LiveCDs are available for download, allowing the user to use GNOME Disks without any changes to the computer. |
smartmontools [7] | Windows, Unix-like ( Linux, macOS, BSD, etc.) | GNU GPL v2 | CLI and GUI (via GSmartControl and HDD Guardian) | All for Linux, some for other Unix-like | See list of supported devices; [8] SAT driver required on macOS only [9] | Several RAID controllers [10] | Yes | Yes | window, sound, email, program execution at choosable parameter changes, threshold | LiveCDs are available for download, allowing the user to use smartmontools without any changes to the computer. |
Speccy | Windows | Freeware | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA | No [11] | ? | Yes | No | No | |
SpeedFan | Windows | Freeware | GUI | (S)ATA, SCSI, SAT; Areca, 3ware | Yes | Some RAID controllers | Yes | Yes | Window, sound, e-mail, running a command; at parameter changes, threshold, temperature | Estimate health and performance by percentage, and offers online drive analysis (and compares from other users). |
SpinRite | DOS, FreeDOS | Commercial proprietary | GUI | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [12] | Yes | No | |
Name | Operating system | License, price | User interface | Fixed drives |
USB,
eSATA and removable drives |
RAID support [a] | Shows S.M.A.R.T. attributes | Hard drive self-testing |
Notification | Notes |
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (May 2010) |
This is an incomplete list of software that reads S.M.A.R.T. ( Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data from hard drives.
Name | Operating system | License | User interface | Fixed drives |
USB,
eSATA and removable drives |
RAID support [a] | Shows S.M.A.R.T. attributes | Hard drive self-testing |
Notification | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIDA64 | Windows | Trialware [1] | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA, NVMe | eSATA, USB | Some RAID controllers | Yes | No | Monitoring only available in the Business Edition [2] | |
Argus Monitor | Windows | Trialware [3] | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA | eSATA, USB | Some RAID controllers | Yes | ? | By window, sound, email, program execution at choosable parameter changes, threshold | Also shows temperature of CPU, GPU, CPU core speed, Intel Turbo Boost status, CPU power consumption, system load and system fan speeds. Can control speed of GPU and system fans. |
CrystalDiskInfo | Windows | MIT | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA, NVMe | eSATA, USB, IEEE 1394 | Several RAID controllers [4] | Yes | No | Mail, sound and popup | Sister utility to CrystalDiskMark. Has AAM/APM control. |
Defraggler | Windows | Freeware | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA | eSATA, USB | No | Yes | No | No | Primarily a defragmenter; supports basic S.M.A.R.T. stat display, includes the one-word summary of drive-health. |
Disk Utility | macOS | Commercial proprietary | GUI | Yes |
eSATA and removable drives |
? | No | No | No | Summary information includes one line for S.M.A.R.T. [5] |
HDDExpert | Windows | Freeware | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Available from KC Softwares [6] |
GNOME Disks | Linux | LGPL v2+ | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA, NVMe | USB | ? | Yes | Yes | GNOME pop-up notification | LiveCDs are available for download, allowing the user to use GNOME Disks without any changes to the computer. |
smartmontools [7] | Windows, Unix-like ( Linux, macOS, BSD, etc.) | GNU GPL v2 | CLI and GUI (via GSmartControl and HDD Guardian) | All for Linux, some for other Unix-like | See list of supported devices; [8] SAT driver required on macOS only [9] | Several RAID controllers [10] | Yes | Yes | window, sound, email, program execution at choosable parameter changes, threshold | LiveCDs are available for download, allowing the user to use smartmontools without any changes to the computer. |
Speccy | Windows | Freeware | GUI | IDE(PATA), SATA | No [11] | ? | Yes | No | No | |
SpeedFan | Windows | Freeware | GUI | (S)ATA, SCSI, SAT; Areca, 3ware | Yes | Some RAID controllers | Yes | Yes | Window, sound, e-mail, running a command; at parameter changes, threshold, temperature | Estimate health and performance by percentage, and offers online drive analysis (and compares from other users). |
SpinRite | DOS, FreeDOS | Commercial proprietary | GUI | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [12] | Yes | No | |
Name | Operating system | License, price | User interface | Fixed drives |
USB,
eSATA and removable drives |
RAID support [a] | Shows S.M.A.R.T. attributes | Hard drive self-testing |
Notification | Notes |