Free speed and performance software for mac

Speed Binder X.2 release3 is a very flexible and effective tool which runs as the main system administrator (known in the Unix world as the root user)

If you have ever opened the Terminal Application, you might understand a little bit of Unix. This is the Command it runs: update_prebinding -force -root

NOT NEEDED FOR OS X v10.2

Speed Freak, at a user-specified interval, reprioritizes applications so that the frontmost (or active) application gets more processor time than background applications. By default in Mac OS X, all processes have equal priority.
By using Speed Freak, you override this default by increasing the priority of whatever application you are currently using, resulting in faster application performance. Speed Freak accomplishes this through the Unix renice command.
Speed Freak will not affect graphics card performance and will show little to no increase in 3D games. Although Speed Freak does not affect network performance, the increased CPU priority it offers should increase performance in internet applications. For example, web pages with complicated HTML should render faster but download speed will not change.
For more information, see the included ReadMe document in the download.
Enhancements:
- Fixes a problem with the Japanese environment.

Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) is used to monitor and respond to the status and activity of distributed systems and services, such as Apache, Sendmail, MySQL, clusters, server farms, etc.
PCP metric streams can be viewed graphically in real-time, logged to an archive, or processed by an inference engine for automating operational decisions.
Enhancements:
- These PCP packages for MacOS X, contain porting modifications not found is SGIs original source code release - details are available at http://reliable.sourceforge.net
- This distribution of PCP 2.5.0 also includes PCPMon 1.3.4, used for graphically monitoring metric streams in real-time.

Speed Download 5.2.6 is a superior and simple to use tool which combines four amazing products; a turbo-charged download manager with auto-resuming downloads, a fully featured secure FTP client, a file sharing utility with full encryption, and complete.

Mac/iDisk/WEBDAV connectivity; into one small and easy to use application. Speed Download 5 also introduces a stunning new user interface option that feels right at home in Mac OS X and is designed to help you be even more productive with fewer mouse clicks hence, completely redefining what you can do with your time online.

Introducing SD Minimized mode; a serious upgrade to the Speed Download floater. Fully supports drag n drop, completely resizable, customizable, and a whole lot more. In minimized mode, SD is even more discrete on your Mac. Save screen space, but not power!

Disk Speed Bench X is a benchmark utility, which shows you your transferespeed of your Disks or other Volumes.
Enhancements:
- Supports Harddisks and other Volumes.

Speed Reading was developed to help you determine your reading skills and explore one way to improve your reading speed and comprehension. The average reader reads at about 200 words per minute (wpm) with a typical comprehension of 60%.

The top 1% of readers do much better, reading at more than 1000 wpm with a comprehension of 85%. Such highspeed reading requires serious concentration.

This application lets you try reading by looking at two midpoints on each line and continuing to move forward without going back and re-reading. Ten text sources are included.

You can adjust the speed of the moving window from approximately 200 wpm to 1500 wpm in three ranges (slow, medium, and fast). A slider is provided to adjust the speed within each range.

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.2 or later.