DiskCheckup measures the performance and 'health' of your S.M.A.R.T. enabled hard disk drive. It compares current hard disk attributes to values determined by the manufacturer of the HDD. It can track changes to the attributes over time and make a extrapolated 'prediction' as to the failure date of the HDD. It can be command line driven and can be configured to send alerts by email. Free for personal use, $US 15.00 for commercial use.

Fast, easy to use utility that simultaneously exercises all the major components of a PC, to test for endurance and reliability. Tests include CPU, RAM, disk, video, CD/DVD, printer, sound, serial ports, parallel ports, USB, tape, Network and video playback. Results can be saved as a GIF, HTML or printed. Also, user configurable errors and logging detail, temperature monitoring interface, timed test runs, cyclic rebooting and EMC testing.

Fast, easy to use utility that simultaneously exercises all the major components of a PC, to test for endurance and reliability. Tests include CPU, RAM, Disk, Video, CD, DVD, Printer, Sound, Network, video playback and cyclic rebooting. Results can be saved to disk, printed or exported as a GIF. Also, user configurable errors and logging detail, a temperature monitoring interface, timed test runs, cyclic rebooting and comprehensive online help.

PerformanceTest is a benchmark tool that allows everybody to quickly assess the performance their computer and compare it to a number of standard 'baseline' computer systems. It has a small foot print, is quick to run and can export results to a variety of different formats. Results are presented as bar charts and timing is done using high resolution timers. Tests include CPU, RAM, Disk, 3D, 2D Graphics, Network bandwidth, CD and DVD