Sandra Lite 28.69

Sandra Lite is a very heavy piece of software. While most programs simply focus on providing information about one aspect of your computer, this program endeavors to be all of them at once while also keeping the quality as high as possible.

Looking at the feature list for this program is staggering. Just to list a few of them: System summary, Sound Card, Printer Info, Joystick Info, IP Network information, MCI devices, DMA Channel Usage, etc. etc. etc. That isn't even half of the feature list. It isn't even a quarter! What's crazy is that paying for it would give you even more tools to work with. It's hard to imagine a more thorough program out there.

On top of that, it also presents a benchmark program that targets just about every component. Sandra Lite runs every check you can think of, and then some. For instance, if you've just overclocked your PC, it can run a burn-in test to check if the overclock is stable. If it locks up or crashes, then you know there's a problem. It also has multiple kinds of benchmark tests for everything. For instance, the video adapter (or graphics card) has four different benchmark tests. One for an overall score, one for memory bandwidth, one for computing shaders, and one for playing media. 

All these features makes it an incredibly intimidating program for beginners, and the help manual doesn't do much to help guide them along. It's also so feature heavy that the download size is a bit heftier than most other diagnosis programs. However, if you truly want to get to know your computer in and out, then the Sandra Lite is for you.

Less tools, no support.