What is better/newer than HDTune for checking general hard drive health and speed testing?

[skylanepilot]

I recently saw a suggestion on here, but I lost the thread. Sorry if this is being asked for the 10,000th time.

HDTune is great and all, but it hasn't been updated in years. Is there a newer, better option that is free?

Thanks!

 

[Mattios]

Speccy is good. https://www.piriform.com/speccy

 

[fzabkar]

I prefer CrystalDiskInfo, smartmontools and HD Sentinel for SMART reporting.

I like HD Tune for its benchmark graphs.

I prefer HDDScan (Windows) and MHDD (DOS, better) for surface testing. Both programs identify "slow" sectors.

 

[skylanepilot]

Thanks for the input folks! Will try a few of these.