System Information (hard/software) tools

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System Information Viewer
VERY extensive -or rather: it shows everything! tool to see what is in/on your PC and happening right now etc. It is amazing.
Download SIV - System Information Viewer (rh-software.com)

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Your exact motherboard model, RAM type, etc....
SIW (System Information for Windows) to find out. Downside of SIW free version is you can't save to file.
SIW is noit freeware anymore but this 2010 version is.
This freeware version doesn't support saving the report, so you'd have to use Printscreen to post results.
Take the Standalone version. Download, unzip, install. At the left side you see a rootstructure, at the right panel you see the details.
In the left box, select any item, in the right box see the details.


CPUID's PC Wizard (freeware)

Since 1996 PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information programs on the market. PC WIZARD is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most accurate results.

PC WIZARD is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance, Video performance, MP3 compression performance.

PC WIZARD can be distributed freely (ftp, archives, CD-ROMs ...).

Hardware Information

• Mainboard / Bios (Connectors, ID String, MP Support ...)
• Chipset (FSB Frequency, Norhtbridge, Hub, Direct Media Interface, XMB, NSI, ...)
• Main Memory (FPM, EDO, SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR-2 SDRAM, DDR-3 SDRAM, RDRAM, FB_DIMM, Timings ...)
• Memory Profiles : EPP (SLi Ready), Intel XMP.
• Cache Memory (L1, L2, L3, Size, Frequency ...)
• Processors (Type, Speed, Multiplier coeff., Features, Model Number, Vanderpool Technology ...)
• Coprocessor
• APM & ACPI
• Busses : ISA, PCI, AGP (2x, 4x,8x), SMBus/ i2c, CardBus, Firewire, Hyper-Transport ... )
• DMI / SMBIOS
• Mainboard Sensors, Processor, Hard Disk & Battery (Voltage, Temperature, Fans)
• Video (Monitor, Card, Bios, Capabilities, Memory, Integrated Memory, Frequencies ...)
• OpenGL & 3Dfx
• DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput, DirectX Media)
• Keyboard, Mouse & Joystick
• Drives (Hard Disk, Removable, CD-ROM, CDRW, DVD ...)
• SCSI (Card, Controller, Adapter, Devices ...)
• ATA/ATAPI & S-ATA (Devices, Type, Capabilities, S.M.A.R.T. Features, RAID)
• Ports (Serial, Parallel, USB, IEEE-1394)
• IDE & SCSI Devices
• Twain & WIA Devices
• PCMCIA (PC Card) Devices
• Bluetooth Devices
• Biometric Sensor Devices
• Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix, AC'97 codec, High Definition Audio)
• Printers (Local & Network)
• Modem (Features, Speed ...)
• Network (Server, Connexion, Firewall ...)
• Security (Scan Ports ...)
• PocketPC & SmartPhone Devices

System Information

• MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, vcr, video-disc, wave) & ACM
• SAPI
• Passwords (Outlook, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Dialup ...)
• DOS Memory (base, HMA, UMB, XMS, EMS, DPMI, VCPI)
• Windows Memory
• Windows (Version, Product Key, Environment, Desktop, XP Themes ...)
• Windows UpTime (Boot, Shutdown, BlueScreen, System Restore Points ...)
• TrueType & OpenType Fonts
• WinSock (Internet), Telephony et Remote Access
• OLE (Objects, Servers ...)
• Microsoft® Applications
• Activity (Process, Tasks, Threads)
• Modules (DLL, DRV, 32 & 16-bits) & NT Services
• Internet Navigator (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, FireFox)
• .NET Global Assembly Cache (GAC)
• ODBC
• CMOS/RTC
• Resources (IRQ, DMA, E/S, Memory)
• System files (.ini, .log, .bat, .nt, .dos ...)

System Benchmarks

• Processor (Dhrystone (MIPS), Whetstone (MFLOPS), Mandelbrot fractal ...)
• L1, L2, L3 Cache, RAM (Bandwidth, Latency ...)
• Main Memory (Bandwidth, Latency ...)
• Hard Drives
• CD/DVD Rom
• DirectX
• Video
• Removable/Flash Support
• MP3 Compression
• VISTA Experience Index

MEMORY and CACHE: These benchmarks measure the maximum achiveable memory bandwidth. The code behind these benchmarks method is written in Assembly (x86, SSE, SSE2, SSE3). Memory benchmarks utilize only one processor core and one thread.

PROCESSOR : These benchmarks measure performance in terms of Integer Millions of Instructions Per Second (Integer MIPS) and Millions of Floating Point Operations Per Second (MFLOPS). The code behind these benchmarks method is written in Assembly (x86, x87, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW!). Processor benchmarks are HyperThreading, multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core (CMP) aware.

Tools

• Can save, print, e-mail a report
• Can save a TXT, RTF, HTML, PDF or CSV report
• Can export any graphics as BMP file
• Can export text and graphic with the clipboard
• Web update Wizard
• Communicate with Motherboard Monitor
• Dump (Hardware registers, System BIOS, video BIOS ...)

Multi Languages

• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Greek
• Italian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Slovak
• Spanish

Use this 100% free software to learn more about your computer and its components, detect/diagnose any problems in your computer, and increase your computer's performance.

Then there's also, for old PC's: Everest Home (an old version (2.20) from the days it was still freeware)

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CPU-Z

CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.

CPU

• Name and number.
• Core stepping and process.
• Package.
• Core voltage.
• Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier.
• Supported instructions sets.
• Cache information.

Mainboard

• Vendor, model and revision.
• BIOS model and date.
• Chipset (northbridge and southbridge) and sensor.
• Graphic interface.

Memory

• Frequency and timings.
• Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table.

System

• Windows and DirectX version.

Source and Download: https://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.

Revision History
0.5.5

• Added PowerColor hardware giveaway
• On multi-GPU systems, GPU-Z will remember the selected card from the selection dropdown
• Added full support for AMD A-Series Fusion processors
• Added detection for ASUS MARS II
• Fixed shader count detection for Blackcomb (mobile AMD Cayman)
• Improved BIOS version reading on NVIDIA
• Added support for NVIDIA GeForce GT 560 Ti OEM, GT 545, GT 530, GeForce GTX 580M, GT 555M, GeForce 520MX, GT 520M, 410M, 305M, Quadro 5000, Quadro 4000M, Quadro 400
• Added support for AMD HD 6290, Radeon E6760 & E4690, FirePro V8800, FirePro V3700, FirePro 2460 (FireMV)

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