Computers

Diskeeper by Condusiv works with traditional hard drives to protect your system from inefficient storage practices. The disk defrag software can work in extreme data conditions and operates automatically in the background to ensure optimal performance whenever your computer is in use.

UltimateDefrag offers six different ways to defragment your hard drive and organize how files are stored.

Puran Defrag is a single utility within a larger software suite, but you don’t need to download all of the extra components when you want to scan your machine.

IOBit’s Smart Defrag is designed to optimize file placement for quick startups.

Glarysoft’s Disk SpeedUp is a defragmenter application that offers distinct types of scans, so you can focus on specific files or organize your entire hard drive.

Easy Screen Capture is simple screenshot software with an interface that is easy to navigate. It features large icons to represent its options, and the tools are simple and precise. This screen capture software focuses on the basics.

While FullShot screen capture software's on-screen interface looks a bit dull, its screenshot options are sharp. You capture images and screenshots through five options that form the acronym SWORD.

HyperSnap is screen capture software that is simple to use and has plenty of capture and editing tools. While it isn't as smooth as the best products we reviewed, it still offers a number of tools and resources to help you make good-looking final products.

Any Screen Capture is easy to use and offers a set of modest features, standard tools and basic functions, so you can take screenshots, capture images and edit them. It's not of the most advanced or feature-full screen capture software, but it offers midrange quality and usability.

Developed by Avanquest, Fix-It Utilities Pro is a suite of PC tune-up tools to improve and maintain your computer’s health.

Iobit’s Advanced SystemCare Pro has a clean interface that guides you through the process of tuning up your PC.

The WinZip System Utilities Suite PC cleaner software is designed to improve your computer’s performance, maintain PC health and recover storage space.

Developer Pointstone Software has been creating system utility software since 1996.

Glarysoft Ltd. developed Glary Utilities Pro as an all-in-one PC system utility software suite for freeing up disk space, cleaning the registry, managing the drivers, tightening up privacy and maintaining security protocols.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been discontinued.

Norton is a Symantec brand known more for its security and antivirus software than its PC system utility software.

AVG PC TuneUp is a PC system optimization application promising to provide more storage space, faster speeds, longer battery life and less crashing, all with a set-and-forget interface. With 17 tools, it’s a full suite of Windows utility software.

This desktop computer stands out right away because of the large speakers built right into the front of the computer.

We realize not everyone out there loves Apple products, but this computer has so many cool features, it couldn’t not be our pick for best home computer.