Small question about Prime95

[lovingGamer]

So i did research online.. i got so many answers. not same

Will Prime95 torture my CPU more than any game can? 

 

i hope people understand what i'm trying to ask, English is my second language sry

[Clubconsoles]

1 minute ago, lovingGamer said:

So i did research online.. i got so many answers. not same

Will Prime95 torture my CPU more than any game can? 

 

i hope people understand what i'm trying to ask, English is my second language sry

It would. It uses 100% of the cpu constantly. Games use 85-95% of the cpu. Sometimes less.

[lovingGamer]

Just now, Clubconsoles said:

It would. It uses 100% of the cpu constantly. Games use 85-95% of the cpu. Sometimes less.

hmm okay that should awesome, cause i managed to OC my CPU to 4.5 and i feel awesome i been running PRIME for like 40 minutes and CPU is at 74C it didn't go over yet so i'm feeling happy

[don_svetlio]

3 minutes ago, lovingGamer said:

hmm okay that should awesome, cause i managed to OC my CPU to 4.5 and i feel awesome i been running PRIME for like 40 minutes and CPU is at 74C it didn't go over yet so i'm feeling happy

P95 also forces absurd amounts of power through the CPU wearing out the VRMs

[Stryder721]

5 minutes ago, lovingGamer said:

hmm okay that should awesome, cause i managed to OC my CPU to 4.5 and i feel awesome i been running PRIME for like 40 minutes and CPU is at 74C it didn't go over yet so i'm feeling happy

If it passes running Prime95 you should be rock solid on the overclock. When i added the oc to my system i tested it for 8 hours just letting it run all night as i slept. But if prime95 can run your games will run smoothly

[TheGamingBarrel]

9 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

P95 also forces absurd amounts of power through the CPU wearing out the VRMs

"Absurd amounts" Only an issue on older versions, and when you are using offsets, an important thing is this is just on haswell and haswell refresh.

[porina]

Prime95 is optimised for a certain type of calculation using particular instructions in modern CPUs where possible. It is stressful, but not dangerously so unless you're doing something very wrong with overclocking or using inadequate components. I run loads equivalent to Prime95 24/7 (same math library) on most of my systems most of the time. None have ever failed on me, and I only replace when they get too old and slow compared to newer CPUs.

 

Being Prime95 stable only means your system is Prime95 stable. It is possible games or other software use different instructions which might not be stable in the same condition. Still, it is a good starting point to check stability. Passing 40 minutes is a good start but it is possible to get errors less frequently than that.

[lovingGamer]

2 minutes ago, porina said:

Prime95 is optimised for a certain type of calculation using particular instructions in modern CPUs where possible. It is stressful, but not dangerously so unless you're doing something very wrong with overclocking or using inadequate components. I run loads equivalent to Prime95 24/7 (same math library) on most of my systems most of the time. None have ever failed on me, and I only replace when they get too old and slow compared to newer CPUs.

 

Being Prime95 stable only means your system is Prime95 stable. It is possible games or other software use different instructions which might not be stable in the same condition. Still, it is a good starting point to check stability. Passing 40 minutes is a good start but it is possible to get errors less frequently than that.

It's still running CPU temp 74C MAX!.

I guess that is good, i'll let it run for 10 more minutes and i'll stop and start GTA V