Prime95 vs smartmontools
A side-by-side look at Prime95 and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Prime95
System & Hardware
Prime95 is a popular freeware program for testing computer hardware stability by running intensive calculations to stress test the CPU and RAM. It uses the prime number search algorithms to detect errors related to overclocking or faulty hardware components.
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smartmontools
System & Hardware
smartmontools is a set of open source utilities that monitor the health of disk drives and predict drive failures, compatible with most types of hard drives. It reads SMART data to detect and report on various drive attributes related to reliability, such as reallocated sectors count.
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