Software update: AIDA64 5.97 build 4600

FinalWire has released a new version of AIDA64. This program is the successor to Everest, which in turn was the successor to AIDA32 and AIDA16. With AIDA64, a comprehensive overview of all hardware and software present in the computer can be obtained. Particularly useful are the direct links to pages where specific drivers and firmware of the various components can be downloaded. In addition, various benchmarks can be performed and there is extensive hardware monitoring. AIDA64 is available in the versions extreme, Engineer, business and Network Audit, and with prices starting at $40 for a personal license. The changelog for version 5.97 looks like this:

AVX-512 accelerated benchmarks
64-bit multi-threaded AVX-512 optimized benchmarks for Intel Core “Skylake-X” high-end desktop processors, Intel Xeon Scalable “Skylake-SP” server CPUs, Intel Xeon W “Skylake-W” workstation processors, Intel Xeon Phi “Knights Landing” HPC CPUs, and for the upcoming Intel “Cannon Lake” processors. AIDA64 benchmarks and System Stability Test now utilize AVX-512, AVX2, AVX, Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) instructions, and AES-NI hardware acceleration of capable Intel processors. Improved support for Intel Xeon D “Skylake-D” SoC. SSE4, AES-NI and SHA optimized benchmarks for Intel Celeron/Pentium “Gemini Lake” low-power desktop and mobile SoC, and for Intel Atom C3000 “Denverton” integrated server SoC.

Microsoft Windows 10 Spring Creators Update support
Operating system details, installed programs list, and security software information for the upcoming Microsoft Windows 10 Spring Creators Update 1803. Optimized and fixed ACPI query, tree enumeration and temperature measurement modules.

Optimized 64-bit benchmarks for AMD processors
AIDA64 CPUID Panel, Cache & Memory Benchmark panel, GPGPU Benchmark panel, System Stability Test, and all cache, memory and processor benchmarks are fully optimized for AMD Ryzen “Pinnacle Ridge” high-performance desktop processors and AMD Ryzen “Raven Ridge” desktop and mobile APUs, utilizing AVX2, FMA3, AES-NI and SHA instructions. Detailed chipset information for AMD Ryzen integrated memory controllers. Improved support for AMD Epyc 3000 “Snowy Owl” SoC.

Asus ROG RGB LED motherboard and video card support
The existing AIDA64 RGB LED module has been extended to cover Asus ROG RGB LED motherboards and video adapters, using the Asus Aura API. CPU and memory utilization, network traffic, temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, and power draw measurements can now all be monitored on RGB devices, using various visual representations. RGB LED device support for Corsair K68, Corsair Dark Core, Corsair Dark Core SE.

Improvements for Intel “Cannon Lake PCH” chipset based motherboards
Temperature, voltage and fan speed monitoring for Intel “Cannon Lake PCH” based 4th Generation LGA1151 motherboards and 2nd Generation Intel “Coffee Lake” processors. Detailed chipset information for Intel “Cannon Lake PCH” south bridge, and for the integrated memory controller of Intel “Coffee Lake”, “Whiskey Lake” and “Cannon Lake” processors. Detailed SPD information for high performance DDR4 memory modules with XMP 2.0 memory profiles. Support for the latest 5Gbps Ethernet LAN controllers.

Support for the latest hardware technologies
Multi-threaded OpenCL GPGPU benchmarks, graphics processor, OpenGL and GPGPU details, temperature and cooling fan monitoring for the latest GPUs: AMD Radeon E9260, Radeon Pro SSG, Radeon Pro WX 2100, Radeon Pro WX 3100; nVIDIAGeForce GTX 1060 5GB, Quadro P500, Quadro P620, Quadro V100, Titan V. Vulkan graphics accelerator diagnostics for AMD, Intel and nVIDIA graphics accelerators. Advanced support for 3ware, AMD, HighPoint, Intel, JMicron, LSI RAID controllers. Improved support for AData SP580, Samsung PM871a, Samsung PM871b SSDs.