EFD Software's HD Tune is described on the company's web site as such: "HD Tune is a hard disk utility with many functions. It can be used to measure the drive's performance, scan for errors, check the health status (S.M.A.R.T.), securely erase all data and much more." The latest version of the benchmark added temperature statistics and improved support for SSDs, among a few other updates and fixes.
Access times fluctuated from best to worst with theSamsung SSD 840 EVO mSATA drive in the HD Tune benchmark, but bandwidth was once again among the best.
