System Stability Testing?

[mrchow19910319]

I just build my friend a brand new PC. with a i5 8400 and 8GB of ram, 1 256GB SSD and 1 TB of HDD. (+ monitor)

 

What kind of stability testing do I need to do before I hand it off to him? 

I never did any sort of testing myself when I was building my pc... i just straight up using it. 

 

I know that there are tests for GPU's stability, called furmark or something. but he is only using a iGPU , how do I test and make sure that the HDD and SSD and CPU are good to go? 

Do I need to run the test overnight? IF so, will I burn his PC? 

 

Please be as elaborate as possible when it comes to this. 

Thanks in advance. 

[Princess Luna]

3 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

called furmark or something.

FurMark is not a stability test, it is a kill your GPU for fun software.

 

If you build it correctly and it is booting Windows apparently just fine I honest see no greater need than just do a couple Cinebench runs and checking if its temperatures are fine and the scores align which what you'd expect from the CPU.

 

After all it is a locked processor, no need to crack your mind open with assuring its stability, Intel kinda already did it for you on locked systems, you just need to ensure all was assembled correctly.

[captain_to_fire]

AIDA64? https://www.aida64.com/downloads

[Zandvliet]

25 minutes ago, captain_to_fire said:

AIDA64? https://www.aida64.com/downloads

 

35 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

I know that there are tests for GPU's stability, called furmark or something. but he is only using a iGPU , how do I test and make sure that the HDD and SSD and CPU are good to go? 

Do I need to run the test overnight? IF so, will I burn his PC? 

I would also recommend AIDA64. Just run it for 20-30 min and see if temperatures are fine and system still runs etc... you can also test the HDD and SDD if you'd like but if they are new there isn't really a need for it.

 

 

[mrchow19910319]

1 hour ago, Princess Cadence said:

FurMark is not a stability test, it is a kill your GPU for fun software.

 

If you build it correctly and it is booting Windows apparently just fine I honest see no greater need than just do a couple Cinebench runs and checking if its temperatures are fine and the scores align which what you'd expect from the CPU.

 

After all it is a locked processor, no need to crack your mind open with assuring its stability, Intel kinda already did it for you on locked systems, you just need to ensure all was assembled correctly.

 

48 minutes ago, Zandvliet said:

 

I would also recommend AIDA64. Just run it for 20-30 min and see if temperatures are fine and system still runs etc... you can also test the HDD and SDD if you'd like but if they are new there isn't really a need for it.

 

 

when I was running cinebench and aida 64, what kind of software do I need to use in order to monitor temps of CPUs and such?

CPUZ???? or ???

[Princess Luna]

6 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

?

I personally use MSi Afterburner

[Zandvliet]

5 hours ago, mrchow19910319 said:

 

when I was running cinebench and aida 64, what kind of software do I need to use in order to monitor temps of CPUs and such?

CPUZ???? or ???

AIDA64 itself has a tool to monitor temps. There is quite a lot of information on AIDA64, so it might take some time to figure it out. I'd suggest you look at some tutorials.