HWMonitor is a free application that can be used to monitor the health of a Windows PC. This application can read various sensors embedded in the PC and present it into detailed information such as temperature, fan speed, voltage and so on.
This application is usually used by PC users when benchmarking or running heavy applications to find out whether the PC used is capable of running the application or not. By using this application you can monitor the minimum, maximum, and current values in realtime, so that in the event of a spike you can take certain actions to prevent hardware damage.
HWMonitor Features
There are many free applications that you can use to monitor PC health, including HWiNFO, Speccy, CPU-Z to GPU-Z which are specially designed to monitor GPU health.
This application made by CPUID is one that is quite popular, especially among PC users who want to monitor temperature and voltage. Here are some features and advantages of HWMonitor that you need to know.
1. Lightweight, free and easy to use
One of the reasons why many people prefer to use this application is because it is light, because the size of this application is quite small, not only about 1 MB. In addition, this application is also packaged with an interface that is quite concise and easy to use, you can directly monitor the health of computer hardware without having to do special configurations.
By using this application you also don't have to worry about costs because all the features embedded in it can be used completely for free. Even if you are lazy to install, you can use the portable version as an alternative. Besides being able to run immediately, the portable version will also not leave garbage and traces in your Windows registry.
2. Monitor temperature, voltage and fan speed
This application can detect the health of the processor, hard disk, SSD, graphics card, CPU, GPU and so on. This application will later display information about temperature, voltage, fan speed, clock and so on in a hierarchical manner.
3. Export the report into a text document
This application is also equipped with a feature that allows you to export or save reports into text documents so that they can be viewed at a later time and can be compared with reports in the future. In short, if you are looking for a free application that you can use to monitor the health of your Windows PC, then HWMonitor is one that you should consider.
Release Notes
- Added support for Vermeer's AMD Ryzen 5000 “Zen 3”.
- Added support for AMD Radeon 6800 and 6800 XT.
- Fixed bugs and improved other features.
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