SysMetrix for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffApril 11, 2011

This versatile, skinable freeware clock doubly shines as a helpful system diagnostic tool. SysMetrix's configuration interface simply presents every option with samples and previews where appropriate. You can edit themes or import new ones with little difficulty. The included twelve themes cover many configurations of the clock and tools. The short but useful help file includes a list of dozens easily monitored system areas.

SysMetrix is delightfully simple to use. The taskbar tray icon opens a very useful pull-down menu that features single-click options to quickly activate your screen saver, Windows Explorer, the default Web browser, e-mail client, text editor, or media player. The program's main display options depend on the themes you choose. Many of the included themes use histograms that are too small to deliver much information. However, the utility makes it very easy to change any part of a theme. Not only can you easily add monitoring gauges to any theme, but you can also easily create your own theme with the exact tools you want displayed. Our testers found the monitoring tools accurate, useful, and easily set.

Novice users may not feel comfortable exploring this tools many features and options. Other users will find the theme settings simple to improve. With just a few minutes use, intermediate to advanced users will make quick and logical SysMetrix's diagnostic's tools for simple desktop display.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: March 21, 2011

Latest update: April 11, 2011

Version: 3.45

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 10

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 14,616

Downloads Last Week: 1

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User Reviews

3.9/5

8 User Votes

Guages don't work
expat1998December 12, 2010
Pros
Nice clock
Cons
Guages don't work
Summary
Waste of time
Great program love activity mon & clk update feature
pbates123November 23, 2010
Pros
Provides great visibility and keeps your system clock spot on with the NITSA (Atomic Clock) sync feature. Also allows real time monitoring of I/O traffic on the net and shows free space on your disk drives.
Cons
The Disk display can be customized to display stats on any drive, I have not been able to change the text showing drive C or drive D to the drive letter actually used. My boot drive H not C as indicated in text. Stats are of drive H not drive C.
Summary
Great compact program with several skins to fit your taste. Fairly stable I have seen a few programs conflict with it. But if it crashes it is goes away gracefully and re-launching it brings back full functionality. I recommend this program for those that want to view system stats real time!
just what i was looking for
nealboyerNovember 30, 2008
Pros
excellent skinnable interface, chose the one you like!!!
Cons
none found on this nice peice of software
Summary
this will give you the info you want about your computer drives, cpu, memory, and more!! awesome!!
Looks awesome and is customizable
asd264May 31, 2008
Pros
Information about my laptop whenever I need it, notifications area has its CPU usage graph
Cons
Takes a long time to start up, way too big download, uses a lot of your system resources
Summary
tatamamakaleMay 4, 2008
Pros
Cons
Summary
Like to monitor your CPU?
SmoakyJune 4, 2006
Pros
SysMetrix is a skinnable clock and metering program. Date, time, CPU usage, or IP address can be monitored displayed in various skins and configurations. I like to use it to monitor my CPU useage during the day to see weather too many of my start-up programs are slowing my comp down or if rouge program might be taking over my PC and constantly running my CPU At 100% <p>Overall a great system monitoring tool.
Cons
Would like to have system tray icon more customizeable to show a digital numerical read-out instead of just a bar graph.
Summary
very useful
Legless_BanditMay 17, 2006
Pros
useful, skinnable clock indicating CPU usage, RAM and disc space. I keep it on my desktop all the time to keep an eye on what my comps up to.
Cons
none
Summary
Very nice job
JokimotoApril 6, 2006
Pros
Simple install, with almost a dozen variations to choose from. Ranging from an antique clockface to some very modern, unobtrusive sidebars. For someone like me, who wasn't necessarily looking for an over-the-top, too-much-info interface, I'd call it perfect. Hell, there's even a weather option for the themes that support it. <p>Seperate monitors for all your drives, the recycle bin, and email, plus bandwidth in/out meters. I'm not really a computer-junkie, but I don't know what more you could really want one of these things to do. <p>To top it off, it throws a cute litte orange-on-black meter into your toolbar, kind of like having a campfire to warm your toes by.
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Developer’s Description

Get miscellaneous information like date, time, or CPU usage in a skinable environment.

SysMetrix is a skinable clock and metering application. Its purpose is to provide system metrics in a variety of interesting, useful, and cool ways like date, time, CPU usage, or IP address. It can monitor and report on the hundreds of statistics. It can display this information in a variety of different ways like analog clock, textual, or histograms.