Comparison of S.M.A.R.T. tools

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b Disks that are members of a RAID array may in some cases have their SMART attributes (data) largely inaccessible to the operating system, or to monitoring tools and software. This depends case-by-case on the RAID controller, operating system, and tools. As of 2012 inroads have been made into this, as RAID becomes wider used, but is still far from assured and not supported by all controllers, systems, or tools.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Downloads". aida64.com. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. ^ Features | AIDA64 Business Edition | Network Audit | Remote Control Archived 2013-08-07 at the Wayback Machine. Aida64.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  3. ^ "Download". argusmonitor.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. ^ Controllers - Crystal Dew World. Crystal Dew World. Retrieved on 2021-02-19.
  5. ^ Disk Utility 12.x: See detailed information about a disk. support.apple.com. Retrieved on 2014-02-09.
  6. ^ HDDExpert Homepage. https://www.kcsoftwares.com/?hdde. Retrieved on 2022-01-01.
  7. ^ "Monitoring Hard Disks with SMART". Linux Journal. 2004-01-01. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  8. ^ Supported_USB-Devices – smartmontools. smartmontools.org. Retrieved on 2014-06-20.
  9. ^ RJVB/OS-X-SAT-SMART-Driver 路 GitHub. Github.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  10. ^ Supported_RAID-Controllers – smartmontools. Sourceforge.net (2011-04-20). Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  11. ^ "Speccy fails to read SMART data on USB-connected HDDs - Speccy Bug Reporting - Piriform Community Forums". forum.piriform.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-19.
  12. ^ "SATA Operation with SpinRite", Gibson Research Corporation, accessed March 4, 2011.