Intel SSD Toolbox 

The Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox (Intel® SSD Toolbox) is drive management software that allows you to:

* View current drive information for Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs), including:

- Model number, capacity, and firmware version

- Drive health

- Estimated drive life remaining

- SMART attributes (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel SSDs)

- IDENTIFY DEVICE information (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel SSDs)

* Optimize the performance of an Intel SSD using Trim functionality

* Optimize the performance of an Intel SSD in RAID 0 using Trim functionality Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) 11.0 or greater.

NOTE: Trim on RAID 0 is not supported on Windows 8* or Windows Server 2012

* Obtain proactive notifications of new Intel SSD Toolbox software versions for Windows 7 and Windows 8 systems

* Update the firmware on a supported Intel SSD

* Run quick and full diagnostic scans to test the read and write functionality of an Intel SSD

* Check and tune your system settings for optimal Intel SSD performance, power efficiency, and endurance

* View your system information and hardware configuration, such as central processing unit (CPU),

chipset, controller name, and driver versions

* Run Secure Erase on a secondary Intel SSD