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Argus Monitor

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

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

• 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

• Comparison of S.M.A.R.T. tools

English comparison of SMART tools

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	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	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