best software to check mobo and hardware?

[sjkuessel]

Hi is there some good software that can check hardware on motherboards like chipset, bios, memory, cpu etc.? What is some good diagnostic software? Preferably free

 

[vegettonox]

CPU-Z free, small and extremely through

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

[sportsfanboy]

hwinfo64

 

[Tradesman1]

Speccy, Aida64, CPU-Z, Si-Sandra, Passmark Performance Test

 

[sjkuessel]

Thanks for all the input. Which of these can run diagnostic test like steps tests to check all the hardware?

 

[sjkuessel]

Whoops I meant to say stress tests above

 

[Tradesman1]

All those I mentioned with the exception of CPU-Z offer a wide range of testing options