Which Memtest86 tests should be skipped?

[G9XFTW]

I am using memtest86 pro. There are a test or two, which if I remember correctly, could be skipped/ avoided because they take too much time and the result is not worth it. So which of the tests should I uncheck?

[Bombastinator]

1 hour ago, G9XFTW said:

I am using memtest86 pro. There are a test or two, which if I remember correctly, could be skipped/ avoided because they take too much time and the result is not worth it. So which of the tests should I uncheck?

Might depend on what you are looking for.  Memtest86 in general is not fast.  It was created back when machines had less memory to check so it wasn’t as awful.  The problem is the thing is thorough, and thorough is needed so people put up with the slowness. 

[Mark Kaine]

it should definitely take several hours and you need several passes, otherwise you're not doing it right and windows memory diagnostic would probably just do as well (ie not much)

 

just to be clear, you're using this?

https://www.memtest86.com/

 

idk why they would make the paid version worse than the "original" tbh.