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

  • Updated memory chip mapping for AMD Radeon PRO W7900.
  • Add power limit sticky flags workaround for Arrow Lake-S.
  • Added several new ARM architectures.
  • Fixed chipset detection when AMD B650 chipset is used on expansion card.
  • Added Panter Lake-H 080.
  • Added reporting of ASIC Quality for newer NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Extended NVIDIA power rail descriptions.
  • Updated reporting of ASIC serial number on NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Added reporting of ASIC ECID and IDDQ for NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Enhanced sensor monitoring on ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X870E GLACIAL and EDITION 20.
  • Added support of MPS MP2995, MP29005, MP29005A and MP29025 VRM/PWM.
  • Enhanced support of Nova Lake-E and Razor Lake-H/HX/S.
  • Added reporting of VBIOS project information and GOP version for NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Fixed automatic update of ARM64 version.
  • Fixed reporting of tREFmax in AMD ULL.
  • Updated Intel XMP 3.0 support.
  • Updated Intel PresentMon.
  • Added MAC/PHY temperature monitoring for several Aquantia/Marvell NIC adapters.
  • Enhanced support of NVIDIA Spark.
  • Added AMD Radeon RX 7500.
  • Added reporting board number and ID for NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Added reporting of GPU Hot Spot temperature for AMD Polaris.
  • Added monitoring of AMD B650 chipset temperature on expansion card.
  • Added monitoring of Sapphire PhantomLink temperature and status.
  • Added more Lisuan GPU models.
  • Fix a possible crash when switching OSD window types.
  • Set OSD window to be always topmost.
  • Updated JSON logging.
  • Updated Intel oneAPI/IGCL support.
  • Added reporting of Intel VT-d/AMD-Vi support and DMAr status.