With its capability of providing information and entertainment catering to all areas of interest, the internet has become more of a necessity. Its usage in business operations and personal pursuits including social networking and chatting has further soared its requirement. However, the availability of connections and the working of speed vary according to the service provider and the performance of the user’s computer system. There is no specific tool to measure the speed of the internet and the user is at the mercy of the connection provider. Now, with the help of Speed Test 1.0.6 we can assess the working of the internet.

Speed Test opens with a vibrant and intuitive interface with elegantly placed tools across the screen on the right and speed graphs located at the left. The speed of the tool can be carefully monitored by the user and also performs ping testing, monitors website downtime along with WIFI Signal strength and provides CPU and memory usage. Moreover, the features also include hard drive space monitoring and battery charge besides the systems uptime and checking virtual memory. The in-built Alert wizard allows the user to perform activities depending upon system performance. The graphs and charts calculated are printable too and the said data can be viewed through other mediums as well and the said data can be viewed and edited in MS Excel. The software can perform the speed analysis continuously and stores results for future references.

To cut the long story short, Speed Test 1.0.6 offers accurate analysis of the internet connection of the user and allows future reference too, and hence gets a rating score of four points for its innovative functionality.