HD Tune Alternatives

HD Tune is described as 'Hard disk / SSD utility with many functions. It can be used to measure the drive's performance, scan for errors, check the health status (S.M.A.R.T.), securely erase all data and more!' and is a very popular Benchmark tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to HD Tune for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and BSD apps. The best HD Tune alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HD Tune are CrystalDiskMark, GSmartControl, Hard Disk Sentinel and Victoria.

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HD Tune alternatives are mainly Benchmark Tools, but if you're looking for Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools or Hard Disk Benchmark Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac and Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to HD Tune.
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    Diskscan is intended to provide the information needed to decide if a disk is good or not, be it an HDD or an SSD it is likely to be holding important data and if you have a suspicion that it is failing it is also important to know how bad is it down the road.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    QuickBench is a simple to use but powerful hard disk performance benchmarking tool. It provides three built-in, industry trusted test suites which measure the performance of dozens of preset hard disk transfer sizes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Detects and repairs disk errors by offering standard or full scans that find and mark bad sectors, supporting hard drives, SCSI, RAID arrays, removable devices, and CDs, with a multilingual interface suitable for advanced error diagnostics.

    5 CheckDisk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    SMART Report Viewer helps visualize the output of smartctl tests, entirely in your browser. Drag and drop txt, log, or zip files (including Unraid diagnostics) to quickly understand the health of your drives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    CCSIO Benchmark measures maximum sequential read/write speed that is realistically achievable for a given file system location, including local drives, remote network shares, virtual/pseudo devices such as RAM disks and encrypted file containers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    ScanDisk is a utility in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows systems which checks and repairs file systems and bad clusters on the hard drive. It was introduced in MS-DOS version 6.2. Previous versions of MS-DOS supplied only the simpler, purely text-based program .

    5 Microsoft ScanDisk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Aja System Test is an application included with all KONA cards which lets you tune your system to the same high standards that developers do for the best performance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Modern hard drives are much more reliable than the disks of yesterday. However, they still are extremely complex electronic devices with moving parts that are subject to amortization. The high density of data storage provided by the modern disks allows for greater storage...

    17 HDDLife alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    SQLIO is a tool provided by Microsoft which can also be used to determine the I/O capacity of a given configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Drive-Thru is an easy to use, very useful program designed to enable you to manage your hard drives and other storage devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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