best program to test pc

[Joker-_-Glitch]

one quick stupid question. I have assembled a new PC, so I am interested in the best program to test the CPU, GPU, etc

[g0ated]

hwinfo and cpuz for hardware monitoring, cinebench, prime95 and furmark for benchmarking.

[emosun]

9 minutes ago, Gold_Glitch said:

the best program

the best is the programs that you use.

if the machine only crashes in just furmark , but does whatever task you wanted to do flawlessly , then the machine works.

you didn;t build the machine to run furmark and cinebench all day , test the things you want to do with it.

[_Omega_]

Aida64 as well for easy stress testing of the whole system. And the Free 3DMark demo on steam (or the payed one if you want) for testing and comparing (approx.) gaming performance 

[Joker-_-Glitch]

9 minutes ago, _Omega_ said:

Aida64 as well for easy stress testing of the whole system. And the Free 3DMark demo on steam (or the payed one if you want) for testing and comparing (approx.) gaming performance 

tnx old man 

[Joker-_-Glitch]

10 minutes ago, emosun said:

the best is the programs that you use.

if the machine only crashes in just furmark , but does whatever task you wanted to do flawlessly , then the machine works.

you didn;t build the machine to run furmark and cinebench all day , test the things you want to do with it.

I just want to know if everything works as it should and what the performance and temperatures are and if everything works as it should

[Joker-_-Glitch]

18 minutes ago, goatedpenguin said:

hwinfo and cpuz for hardware monitoring, cinebench, prime95 and furmark for benchmarking.

tnx old man for help

[g0ated]

1 minute ago, Gold_Glitch said:

tnx old man for help

np

[191x7]

27 minutes ago, Gold_Glitch said:

one quick stupid question. I have assembled a new PC, so I am interested in the best program to test the CPU, GPU, etc

Tools you can find info about your system with or answers to some of the questions:

• CPU-Z (info on the CPU, MBO, Bios, RAM)
• GPU-Z (info on the GPU, GPU drivers, vBios)
• Hard Disk Sentinel (info on the drives and drive health)
• CrystalDiskInfo (info on the Smart status of the hard drives and ssd-s)
• Speccy (general PC info)
•  OpenHardwarwMonitor (temperatures)
• HWMonitor (temperatures)
• PassMark RamMon (info about the RAM, advanced)
• HWInfo64 (system info)
• Aida64 (system info, advanced)
• SSD-Z (SSD info, outdated)
• HDtune (HDD and SSD health and performance testing)
• BlueScreenView (BSOD diagnosis)
• WhoCrashed (BSOD diagnosis)
• Windows Reliability Monitor (to check if there are app crashes or such)
• Event Viewer (to check for issues other than Event 41 Kernel Power or the Event 6008)
• 3Dmark (Firestike, Timespy - general performance benchmarks).

[emosun]

5 minutes ago, Gold_Glitch said:

I just want to know if everything works as it should and what the performance and temperatures are and if everything works as it should

if it does... the tasks you need it to do.... then it works as it should.

[Joker-_-Glitch]

5 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

Tools you can find info about your system with or answers to some of the questions:

• CPU-Z (info on the CPU, MBO, Bios, RAM)
• GPU-Z (info on the GPU, GPU drivers, vBios)
• Hard Disk Sentinel (info on the drives and drive health)
• CrystalDiskInfo (info on the Smart status of the hard drives and ssd-s)
• Speccy (general PC info)
•  OpenHardwarwMonitor (temperatures)
• HWMonitor (temperatures)
• PassMark RamMon (info about the RAM, advanced)
• HWInfo64 (system info)
• Aida64 (system info, advanced)
• SSD-Z (SSD info, outdated)
• HDtune (HDD and SSD health and performance testing)
• BlueScreenView (BSOD diagnosis)
• WhoCrashed (BSOD diagnosis)
• Windows Reliability Monitor (to check if there are app crashes or such)
• Event Viewer (to check for issues other than Event 41 Kernel Power or the Event 6008)
• 3Dmark (Firestike, Timespy - general performance benchmarks).

tnx man 

[Joker-_-Glitch]

6 minutes ago, emosun said:

if it does... the tasks you need it to do.... then it works as it should.

what if the pc does 1 task and doesn't do the second task? 

 

is the pc 100% correct then?

[Zando_]

- CPU: AIDA64 for full system test, Prime95 on the smallFFT preset to brute the CPU to thermal limits (it will usually run like 20C cooler in actual use). If you want a more realistic allcore CPU load, loop Cinebench R23 a few times. 

- GPU: Unigine's Superposition benchmark on 1080p extreme (it's tougher than the 4K preset) to see where the GPU lands for temps.

- Monitoring: HWiNFO64 for temp monitoring in the background, and MSI Afterburner's included RivaTuner OSD if you want an on-screen readout of stats whenever the GPU is under 3D load (it only overlays over games/GPU benchmarks).

- RAM: Memtest86 if you wanna be super thorough, it runs off a USB and takes a while, but it'll tell you if there's any errors with your RAM (not all XMP presets are stable on all motherboard/CPU combos). 

 

31 minutes ago, emosun said:

if it does... the tasks you need it to do.... then it works as it should.

Most of the time yes, though OP sounds like they want to be 110% sure. There's stuff like RAM instability or slight CPU instability that won't show in normal load, but can eventually cause errors and BSODs over time so I get the desire to test things thoroughly. 

[Joker-_-Glitch]

7 minutes ago, Zando_ said:

- CPU: AIDA64 for full system test, Prime95 on the smallFFT preset to brute for the CPU to thermal limits (it will usually run like 20C cooler in actual use). If you want a more realistic allcore CPU load, loop Cinebench R23 a few times. 

- GPU: Unigine's Superposition benchmark on 1080p extreme (it's tougher than the 4K preset) to see where the GPU lands for temps.

- Monitoring: HWiNFO64 for temp monitoring in the background, and MSI Afterburner's included RivaTuner OSD if you want an on-screen readout of stats whenever the GPU is under 3D load (it only overlays over games/GPU benchmarks).

- RAM: Memtest86 if you wanna be super thorough, it runs off a USB and takes a while, but it'll tell you if there's any errors with your RAM (not all XMP presets are stable on all motherboard/CPU combos). 

 

Most of the time yes, though OP sounds like they want to be 110% sure. There's stuff like RAM instability or slight CPU instability that won't show in normal load, but can eventually cause errors and BSODs over time so I get the desire to test things thoroughly. 

that I want to be 110% sure that every component works as it should (if not, that I can return it or exchange it for another one)

 

tnx you for help

[emosun]

8 hours ago, Zando_ said:

but can eventually cause errors and BSODs over time

if the machine errors and bsods then its not doing what it needs to do

[r00tb33r]

12 hours ago, Gold_Glitch said:

one quick stupid question. I have assembled a new PC, so I am interested in the best program to test the CPU, GPU, etc

30 years ago?  Doom.  Today?  Still Doom.

[Zando_]

10 hours ago, emosun said:

if the machine errors and bsods then its not doing what it needs to do

Yep. The point is that it won't do that right away under normal use, so OP is valid for wanting to stress test up front. Slight instabilities (especially with RAM) can cause Windows to bungle itself over time, and then have issues with BSODs or IIRC even corrupting its own bootloader. 

[Joker-_-Glitch]

11 hours ago, emosun said:

if the machine errors and bsods then its not doing what it needs to do

that's why I asked what is a good program to test to see if the PC can do what it needs to do without crashing... (normal and heavy tasks)

[Joker-_-Glitch]

34 minutes ago, Zando_ said:

Yep. The point is that it won't do that right away under normal use, so OP is valid for wanting to stress test up front. Slight instabilities (especially with RAM) can cause Windows to bungle itself over time, and then have issues with BSODs or IIRC even corrupting its own bootloader. 

that I want to prevent it if there are any errors, so that I can solve it as soon as possible (so that some major malfunction does not happen )

[emosun]

3 hours ago, Zando_ said:

Yep. The point is that it won't do that right away under normal use, so OP is valid for wanting to stress test up front. Slight instabilities (especially with RAM) can cause Windows to bungle itself over time, and then have issues with BSODs or IIRC even corrupting its own bootloader. 

Jesus remind me to never give advice that requires thought in the future.

[Zando_]

Just now, emosun said:

Jesus remind me to never give advice that requires thought in the future.

You're giving essentially non-advice then, saying something over text that someone with no knowledge of how you communicate has to magically interpret the full context of is silly. 

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Zando_ said:

You're giving essentially non-advice 

Yeah real crazy advice like "test the things you want to do".

 

Continue the argument in a pm if you want. uninterested in filling the thread further

[Joker-_-Glitch]

25 minutes ago, Zando_ said:

You're giving essentially non-advice then, saying something over text that someone with no knowledge of how you communicate has to magically interpret the full context of is silly. 

 

20 minutes ago, emosun said:

Yeah real crazy advice like "test the things you want to do".

 

Continue the argument in a pm if you want. uninterested in filling the thread further

calm down. thank you both for your advice

[Joker-_-Glitch]

29 minutes ago, emosun said:

Jesus remind me to never give advice that requires thought in the future.

sorry if I offended you or someone else in this thread