USB Bench

USB Bench is an easy-to-use application designed to analyze USB devices for technical information, displaying it in a simple interface. This includes the device descriptor, connection status, endpoint descriptor, and others.

Before proceeding any further, you should know that the program only works on 32-bit (x86) Windows XP. On 64-bit (x64) Windows XP and newer versions, it doesn't respond to commands when trying to launch it.

Installing this program isn't required since you can extract the files from the downloaded archive and just double-click the .exe to fire up USB Bench.

It has a neatly structured interface and autodetects all devices connected to your USB ports. This isn't limited to USB storage devices, however, since the program can also show technical info about peripherals, such as keyboards, mice or digital cameras.

All USB devices are shown in a tree on the left while their in-depth info is available on the right. If you double-click an entry in the list, you get a list of additional commands that can be executed on the spot, such as performing control transfer, obtaining the device or configure descriptor, resetting the device or endpoint, as well as reading or writing bulk data.

Information viewed in USB Bench can be printed from the "File" menu. Unfortunately, there are no options integrated for saving data to file or copying it to the clipboard. Log details are saved to file with every session, and it's possible to change their default saving location.

Administrator permissions might be necessary in order to execute the additional commands. Otherwise, the tool might show an error and exit to the desktop, as it did in our case. Nevertheless, USB Bench offers useful information for users interested in finding our more about their USB devices. Too bad that it only works on Windows XP.