Free CPU benchmark/stress test software?

[Pooherino ツ]

Also can I overclock with Cooler Master Gemini S524?

[Guest]

We don't know your chip soooo

and Aida 64 for stress testing :PPP 

Edit Cinebench for Benchmarking 

[EarthboundHero]

You can OC with anything as long as your CPU supports OC. Just keep and eye on temps. For that 4790K use Intel XTU and the trial of AIDA 64.

[Pooherino ツ]

We don't know your chip soooo

and Aida 64 for stress testing :PPP 

Edit Cinebench for Benchmarking 

Its the 4790k, its in my signature, and aida is paid right?

[Pooherino ツ]

You can OC with anything as long as your CPU supports OC. Just keep and eye on temps. For that 4790K use Intel XTU and the trial of AIDA 64.

I can overclock with anything meaning I can overclock with stock cooler?

[juretrn]

You can overclock with it, but not much. There are not meant for high power CPUs.

the standard for testing overclock sdtability is AIDA64 and Prime 95.

[EarthboundHero]

I can overclock with anything meaning I can overclock with stock cooler?

Yeah, but you won't get much of an OC and it will run insanely hot.

[Guest]

Its the 4790k, its in my signature, and aida is paid right?

1 month trial

then if you need it for longer

redownload  

[MattTheMayor]

intel xtu & aida 64

[Pooherino ツ]

Yeah, but you won't get much of an OC and it will run insanely hot.

lol i actually tried it once, and it will probably fry my cpu if I run a stress test, instant crash @4.5ghz 1.3v

[FuzzyYellow]

I would use OCCT over Intel XTU because XTU has been know to not push the CPU as hard as AIDA or OCCT. 

 

do NOT use Prime95. it will push the chip so hard you could damage it.

[Pooherino ツ]

I would use OCCT over Intel XTU because XTU has been know to not push the CPU as hard as AIDA or OCCT. 

 

do NOT use Prime95. it will push the chip so hard you could damage it.

So you watch linus on vessel too eh?

[Guest]

I would use OCCT over Intel XTU because XTU has been know to not push the CPU as hard as AIDA or OCCT. 

 

do NOT use Prime95. it will push the chip so hard you could damage it.

*****Unless your running on adaptive not fixed***** 

Prime95 won't touch it if its running on a fixed voltage, it has never for mine

[arnavvr]

Stress Testing: OCCT 

Benchmarking: Cinebench R15, R11.5

[FuzzyYellow]

So you watch linus on vessel too eh?

yes, but I knew about it before the skylake OC guide. it all started with Haswell.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Fuck everything else and only run intel xtu. The benchmark and the stress tests actually work in different ways so between that and the memtest you get three stress tests in one software suite while having imho by far the best monitoring for cpu info.

I don't particularly recommend changing any setting through it though.

Obviously if AMD I have no idea if xtu works well for it, but that isn't relevant in this case.

In fact, I gotta admit I'm kinda annoyed lmg never mentions it considering how much easier it is to get and go over basically everything else. Lmg really has a hard-on for Asus motherboards and program suites that I never really understood (and I own an Asus board as my primary driver).

[Curufinwe_wins]

I would use OCCT over Intel XTU because XTU has been know to not push the CPU as hard as AIDA or OCCT.

do NOT use Prime95. it will push the chip so hard you could damage it.

The bench is actually harsher on the cpu than the full test as it does a lot of loading and unloading dynamically. In fact it's pretty much up there with most of the tests I've seen in that outside of memtest failures (which can take hours to pop up) I've never had a cpu pass three xtu benchmarks in a row then fail a 4-8 hour xtu or aida64 stress test. Obviously it could happen, I just haven't seen it yet.

[MageTank]

I would use OCCT over Intel XTU because XTU has been know to not push the CPU as hard as AIDA or OCCT. 

 

do NOT use Prime95. it will push the chip so hard you could damage it.

Pff, real men don't fear FMA3 and AVX2.

 

When people tell me their setup is stable, i ask "what kind of stable". If you are AIDA or Cinebench stable (sissy stable) then grats, you can use your system with your current OC and probably (ha...haha) not crash. You want to prove your manhood? You want to whip it out and measure length? Hit it with the heavy FMA3 or AVX2 load. Sacrifice a chicken and hope your cooling is enough to get it through the night. I had to sacrifice 3 chickens and a goat to prove my buddies 4790k was stable, but it was worth it. Now he's the coolest kid on the playground.

[scottyseng]

I use Prime95 and Intel Burn Test for stresstesting (I'd rather be super stable since my PC does content creation work).

 

I might check out Intel XTU since I see people mentioning it here and I've never heard of it.

 

As for benchmarking, there's quite a few. There's one built into CPU-Z, Cinebench R15, and others.

[App4that]

Fuck everything else and only run intel xtu. The benchmark and the stress tests actually work in different ways so between that and the memtest you get three stress tests in one software suite while having imho by far the best monitoring for cpu info.

I don't particularly recommend changing any setting through it though.

Obviously if AMD I have no idea if xtu works well for it, but that isn't relevant in this case.

In fact, I gotta admit I'm kinda annoyed lmg never mentions it considering how much easier it is to get and go over basically everything else. Lmg really has a hard-on for Asus motherboards and program suites that I never really understood (and I own an Asus board as my primary driver).

I used the intel XTU and I'm very happy with it, but as they said DO NOT make any changes with it, your CPU will become very cross.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Pff, real men don't fear FMA3 and AVX2.

When people tell me their setup is stable, i ask "what kind of stable". If you are AIDA or Cinebench stable (sissy stable) then grats, you can use your system with your current OC and probably (ha...haha) not crash. You want to prove your manhood? You want to whip it out and measure length? Hit it with the heavy FMA3 or AVX2 load. Sacrifice a chicken and hope your cooling is enough to get it through the night. I had to sacrifice 3 chickens and a goat to prove my buddies 4790k was stable, but it was worth it. Now he's the coolest kid on the playground.

Linpack or gtfo hahaha hahaha. Sacrifice to the gods!

[MageTank]

Linpack or gtfo hahaha hahaha. Sacrifice to the gods!

Linpack is good. Really gets the temps up quickly, but plateau's after a short while. LinX at 24576M can really make your box scream, lol.