Hardware testing Ryzen cpu's

[MonzaSed]

Does anyone have a recommendation on how to torture test a Ryzen 1700 cpu outside of the OS? 

[Bad5ector]

Scratch your nails down a chalkboard with the CPU nearby... that's a good torture test.

[BobVonBob]

There are some stress tests included with things like Ultimate Boot CD, but since you have to boot something anyway it's not a huge leap to boot an OS for a much wider selection of stress tests, potentially a live USB of a Linux distro.

[OddOod]

That's a nonsensical question. If you don't have an OS you can't run the CPU. Why are you asking?

[Bad5ector]

4 minutes ago, BobVonBob said:

, potentially a live USB of a Linux distro.

But the OP wanted to torture test outside of an OS  

[BobVonBob]

8 minutes ago, Bad5ector said:

But the OP wanted to torture test outside of an OS  

I know, which is why I linked to Ultimate Boot CD, but in-OS stress testing is significantly easier, and I don't know OP's reason to not want an OS. If it's just not wanting to or being capable of installing one a live boot USB also becomes a valid option.

[MonzaSed]

We have been having issues with a machine in both Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows which makes us think it's a hardware issues.  Random lockups / reboots.  We have swapped numerous component parts, yet still the issue exists.  We have the Ultimate boot CD but the AMD test on it references K series of cpus.  Most of our experience has been with Intel cpus not AMD and we were unsure if there was some other tool would be a better fit.

 

The main reason to stress outside of the OS was to remove as many variables as possible.

[Bad5ector]

42 minutes ago, MonzaSed said:

The main reason to stress outside of the OS was to remove as many variables as possible.

 

Well I know I'm being pedantic but UBCD and the likes are still built on an OS. Even in the BIOS you are in an OS.