HD Tune Pro Changelog

What's new in HD Tune Pro 6.00

Apr 15, 2024
  • Improved interface
  • Added status window
  • Benchmark:
  • Greater test resolution
  • Test range can be set
  • Info: More relevant information is shown
  • Health: added support for NVMe drives
  • Error scan:
  • Increased resolution
  • Added data map
  • Erase: increased resolution
  • Random Access: Test range can be set
  • Extra Tests: Test range can be set
  • HD Tune Pro Drive Status: added support for NVMe drives

New in HD Tune Pro 5.70 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • General:
  • added option to show drive letters in drive selector
  • improved support for OCZ and Samsung SSDs
  • added support for Windows 10
  • Basic tests: added option for continuous testing
  • Erase: range can be specified
  • Monitor: transfer sizes of 128 KB to 2 MB added
  • Save options: current pass can be specified

New in HD Tune Pro 5.60 (May 16, 2015)

  • Improved temperature detection
  • Save options:
  • added option to export screenshot as jpg
  • time and date format can be specified
  • Added command line option to list all available drives
  • Info: improved volume detection
  • Folder Usage: improved volume detection

New in HD Tune Pro 5.50 (Apr 21, 2013)

  • Added new module with following functions:
  • Check health status of all connected drives at once
  • Detailed S.M.A.R.T information
  • Run S.M.A.R.T self-test
  • Device statistics
  • Temperature statistics
  • Added support for more SSD drives
  • Improved support for +4TB disks
  • Added option to restore window position and size
  • Added new warning level

New in HD Tune Pro 5.00 (Nov 15, 2011)

  • New file tests which measure:
  • sequential read/write speed
  • random 4 KB read/write speed
  • multiple random 4 KB read/write speed
  • New monitor functions can show:
  • detailed performance statistics of different block sizes
  • positions where I/O activity took place
  • which programs and processes generate I/O activity
  • Improved support for +2TB disks
  • Added option to scan A: and B: drives
  • Added option to show drive serial number on main screen
  • Fixed issue with Fahrenheit temperature display

New in HD Tune Pro 4.60 (Aug 30, 2010)

  • Changes:
  • Added temperature statistics
  • Improved support for SSD
  • Improved access time resolution
  • Health
  • added support for more SSDs
  • Random access
  • maximum access time is shown
  • added 4 KB align option
  • Extra tests
  • added random seek 4 KB test
  • added 4 KB align option

New in HD Tune Pro 4.50 (Jun 1, 2010)

  • Added autosave screenshot function with extensive filter possibilities
  • Error Scan
  • added speed map
  • added option to set scanning range
  • Erase: added verify function
  • Added option to change power settings during performance tests
  • Added support for USB 3.0 devices
  • Fixed negative CPU usage display with quadcore CPUs
  • Fixed incompatibility issue with nVidida drivers under Windows 7 64-bit
  • Fixed incompatibility issue with certain USB sticks
  • Fixed incorrect position with Erase function with sector sizes larger than 512 bytes

New in HD Tune Pro 4.01 (Jan 9, 2010)

  • Added option to monitor health status during tests
  • Fixed display issue with high DPI font settings

New in HD Tune Pro 4.00 (Jan 8, 2010)

  • Health (S.M.A.R.T) and temperature display support for external drives
  • Support for drives larger than 2 TB
  • Supports up to 32 drives
  • Advanced S.M.A.R.T log functions
  • Added short stroke testing
  • Extra tests: quick read/write tests
  • Added cache test
  • More information is shown
  • Benchmark tests can be run seperately
  • Added option to perform the transfer rate test on the entire surface
  • New command line parameters

New in HD Tune Pro 3.50 (Jan 15, 2009)

  • Added Random Acces test
  • Added option to perform quick Error Scan with command line parameters
  • Minor improvements and bug fixes