HWiNFO is an all-in-one solution for hardware analysis and monitoring supporting a broad range of OSes (DOS, Microsoft Windows 95 - Windows 11, WinPE) and platforms (i8086 - Xeon Platinum).

Is HWiNFO CPU and GPU temperature accurate?

Yes, HWiNFO data is reliable and accurate and will inform you about everything it possibly can about your computer. The information is split in 3 windows: a system summary, a full report, and active sensor readings.

Can HWiNFO control fans?

Technically, yes, HWiNFO shows you real-time data on hardware components and allows you to manually control fan speeds. However, you must use this feature carefully. HWiNFO was primarily designed to show system information. If you're looking to control CPU and GPU fan speeds you should take a look at SpeedFan or FanControl, which are specialized tools, both are free and have been tested extensively.

Is HWiNFO compatible with Windows 7?

Yes, HWiNFO is compatible with Windows 7. Depending on your OS, you should choose the corresponding HWiNFO version. HWiNFO32 is compatible with Windows 95 32-bit and later, HWiNFO64 is compatible with Windows XP 64-bit and later. There is also a DOS compatible version.

What are good alternatives to HWiNFO?

Two solid alternatives are Speccy and Open Hardware Monitor, which are also free and easy to use. You should also check out our feature about apps to analyze and monitor your PC.

Features

Comprehensive Hardware Information

Exhausting information about hardware components displayed in hierarchy unfolding into deep details. Useful for obtaining a detailed hardware inventory report or checking of various hardware-related parameters.

System Health Monitoring

Real-time monitoring of a variety of system and hardware parameters covering CPUs, GPUs, mainboards, drives, peripherals, etc. Useful for detection of overheating, overload, performance loss or failure prediction.

Extensive Reporting

Full hardware hierarchy, or quick summary overview. Export into XML, CSV, HTML reports. System monitoring in customizable tables, graphs, tray icons, OSD.

Alerting and Extensions

Customizable alerts on any parameter monitored with user-defined actions. Interfacing with other applications and 3rd-party extensions.

What's New

  • Added reporting of PMIC Validation and DIMM Certification status for XMP 3.0 rev1.3+.
  • Added NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop.
  • Fixed monitoring of some EC sensors on EVGA Z790 series.
  • Enhanced support of AMD Phoenix.
  • Enhanced sensor monitoring on some MSI H510M, H610M and A620M series.
  • Improved reporting of Intel HDA sound drivers.
  • Added limited monitoring of Intel Arc GPUs without drivers installed (oneAPI, IGCL).
  • Added monitoring of Corsair H100i Elite White and H150i Elite White.
  • Added NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop.
  • Added option for creating report files in UTF-8 format.
  • Added monitoring of Corsair Commander CORE, CORE XT, ST.
  • Added preliminary support of Arrow Lake-S.
  • Updated monitoring with AMD Adrenalin 23.3.2.
  • Added fan speed monitoring on MSI Raider GE67HX, Titan GT77 and some others.
  • Added monitoring of GPU SOC clock on AMD Navi3x.
  • Improved sensor monitoring on some ASUS and ASRock mainboards.
  • Added fan speed monitoring on SANTECH G69/Clevo X170KM.
  • Added VRM monitoring on GIGABYTE Z690, Z790 and X670, B650 series.
  • Added NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop and RTX 4060 Laptop.
  • Added NVIDIA RTX 3500, 3000, 2000 Ada Laptop.
  • Enhanced sensor monitoring on ASUS H770 and B760 series.
  • Added AMD Radeon RX 7600M, 7600M XT, 7600S, 7700S.
  • Improved support of next-generation AMD Threadripper.
  • Enhanced sensor monitoring on ASUS Pro WS W790-ACE and Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE.
  • Enhanced sensor monitoring on ASRock W790 WS.
  • Added Moore Threads MTT S30, S50, S60, S70, S80, S3000 GPUs.
  • Added driver information for monitor.
  • Improved reporting of current memory clock for Intel Alder Lake and later CPUs.