| Original author(s) | Argotronic UG |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Argotronic UG |
| Initial release | 2009 |
| Written in | C++, C |
| Operating system | Windows 2000 and later |
| Available in | Multilanguage |
| Type | System temperature and HDD (hard disk drive) health monitor |
| License | Shareware |
Argus Monitor edit
Argus Monitor is a software for monitoring temperatures and status of serveal system components, e.g. CPU temperature, GPU temperature and HDD temperature. All temperatures are displayed graphically. Additionally, the status of the hard disk drive will be monitored by constantly checking the so called critical SMART attributes. If one attribute decreases, the user is displayed an information (optionally), informing him of decreased HDD health. If one of the SMART attributes reaches its specified threshold, the user gets a warning that a hardware failure is imminent.
Features edit
- Monitor your hard disk drive temperature and the health status of your hard disk drive by constantly checking the critical S.M.A.R.T. attributes
- Warns you with a probability of up to 70 percent before a hard drive fails
- Graphical display of the temperatures of your hard disk drives
- Monitoring and graphical display of GPU temperature
- Graphical display of the CPU temperature (independently for each CPU core)
- Graphical display of core frequency (enables you to check if power management is working)
See also edit
English comparison of SMART tools edit
This is a list of notable software that reads S.M.A.R.T. data from hard drives.
| ArgusMonitor | smartmontools | SMARTHDD | libatasmart | HDAT2 | DriveSitter | HDD Health | Active Smart | SpeedFan | SMARTReporter | HDTune | Norton System Doctor | SMART Utility | DiskCheckup | Hard Disk Sentinel | DiskChecker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows | Win Unix-like Mac |
Windows | Linux | DOS | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows | Mac OS X | Windows | Windows | Mac OS X | Windows | Win, DOS, Linux | Windows, .NET Framework 3.5 |
| Price | 14,95€, $19,95 | Open Source | $15 ... 29 | Open Source | Freeware | $24.95 | Freeware | 18,46 € | Freeware | Open Source | Freeware | proprietary | $25.00 for personal, other uses/prices available | Freeware for personal use, 15.00 $ otherwise | Windows: from 18,00 €, DOS/Linux: Freeware | Freeware |
| Trial version can be used | 30 days | - | - | - | - | 30 days | - | 21 days | - | - | - | - | 30 days/5 launches | - | - | 30 days |
| Target group |
beginners to advanced | professionals | beginners to advanced | professionals, programmers | professionals | advanced | beginners to advanced | beginners to advanced | beginners to advanced | beginners | beginners to advanced | beginners | beginners to advanced | beginners to advanced | beginners to advanced | beginners |
| User Interface |
graphical | Commandline, optional daemon or service |
graphical | Command line, Programming Library |
text menu | graphical | graphical | graphical | graphical | graphical | graphical | graphical | graphical | graphical | Windows: graphical, DOS/Linux: commandline | graphical |
| Connection |
(S)ATA | (S)ATA, SCSI, SAT (incl. some USB) | (S)ATA | (S)ATA, SAT (incl. some USB) | (S)ATA | (S)ATA, SAT (incl. some USB) | (S)ATA | (S)ATA, SCSI, SAT (incl. some USB) | (S)ATA, SCSI, SAT | (S)ATA | (S)ATA | (S)ATA, SCSI, SAT (incl. some USB) | (S)ATA, SCSI, SAT (incl. some USB) | (S)ATA | (S)ATA, SCSI, SAT (incl. some USB) | (S)ATA |
| Reads hard discs on RAID controllers: |
- | 3ware (Linux, FreeBSD, Windows), Compaq/HP (Linux, FreeBSD), and HighPoint and Areca (only Linux) |
- | - | yes | - |
Software RAID only | - |
Areca, 3ware and Software RAID | - | - |
? | 3ware, Compaq/HP OS X Software RAID SeriTek |
Software RAID only | 3ware, Software RAID | |
| Shows error log |
no | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Self testing |
no | yes (also scheduled) | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes (also scheduled) | yes | ? |
| Prediction of failure |
yes | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Notification at |
choosable parameter changes , threshold | choosable parameter changes , threshold, temperature | threshold, temperature, raw count changes | - | - | choosable parameter changes, threshold, temperature, raw count changes | every parameter change, temperature | threshold, temperature | choosable parameter changes , threshold, temperature | threshold, | - | threshold, (for every single medium) | announced[citation needed] | temperature | temperature, health (different levels), parameter changes, threshold, new problem found, low disk space | at startup, low health |
| Notification by | window | window (only Windows), e-mail, system log, run a certain command | window | - | - | window, sound, e-mail, network message, system log, run a certain command, shutdown/sleep/hibernate | window, sound, e-mail, network message, system log | window, sound, e-mail, network message | window, sound, e-mail, run a certain command | window, e-mail, run a certain command | - | taskbar symbol, sound, administrative message | announced[citation needed] | window, e-mail | taskbar, window, e-mail, network message, sound alert (optionally repeating), run commands, run automatic backup projects, shutdown/hibernate | window, task bar notification |
| Notes | Also shows temperature of CPU, GPU and CPU core speed | Possibility of AAM and further parameter, surface testing | Change of AAM and APM, HDD repair and diagnostics, file systems defragmentation | API for other programs | highly scalable, can be set to activate hibernation mode on critical temperature | highly scalable, can be set to activate hibernation mode on critical temperature | can be set to activate hibernation mode on critical temperature | offers online drive analysis [1], monitors PC temperatures | benchmarks and surface testing | individual configuration for every medium, Interface for Disc Doktor/chkdsk: surface testing, complete testing at restart | based on smartmontools | Complete remote management, remote monitoring by browser, acoustic management, scheduled and automatic projects upon problems, scheduled and manual disk testing, performance and logical disk information |