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[*Insert Name Here*]

I have read that using multiple stress test programs can test different areas of your components. Does anyone have a good set of programs I could run through to see my system stability. Also please include maybe some details about what to use and for how long you recommend. I plan on overclocking both my cpu and gpu and want to check my stability afterwards.

 

Preferably something that will take to least amount of time to test my PC.

 

Sorry for this really badly written post lol.

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  
Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card 
 

[bgibbz]

2 minutes ago, *Insert Name Here* said:

I have read that using multiple stress test programs can test different areas of your components. Does anyone have a good set of programs I could run through to see my system stability. Also please include maybe some details about what to use and for how long you recommend. I plan on overclocking both my cpu and gpu and want to check my stability afterwards.

 

Sorry for this really badly written post lol.

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  
Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card 
 

I pretty much only use Aida 64 and CPUZ. I wouldn't recommend prime95. 

[DarkBlade2117]

Firestrike demo for a quick test. Anyways, just gaming in general is enough.

GTA V pushes my system harder than any other program has lmfao

[Cyracus]

I would recommend not using prime 95, it's crazy over the top. realbench is a good stress test, run for at least 30 min for basics, 8+ hours for extreme testing. Intel burn test/linpack same times. aida 64 is a lower load but still good for stressing different ways than the other 2 I mentioned, same for testing time

 

E: a good list of stress test programs here, you have to look up the updated versions though http://www.tweaktown.com/guides/7481/tweaktowns-ultimate-intel-skylake-overclocking-guide/index15.html

[SageOfSpice]

5 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

I would recommend not using prime 95, it's crazy over the top. realbench is a good stress test, run for at least 30 min for basics, 8+ hours for extreme testing. Intel burn test/linpack same times. aida 64 is a lower load but still good for stressing different ways than the other 2 I mentioned, same for testing time

 

E: a good list of stress test programs here, you have to look up the updated versions though http://www.tweaktown.com/guides/7481/tweaktowns-ultimate-intel-skylake-overclocking-guide/index15.html

 

8 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

I pretty much only use Aida 64 and CPUZ. I wouldn't recommend prime95. 

Why not Prime? I fail to see how something can be over the top. Fully utilizing your hardware represents a worst-case scenario. Prime95 is extremely useful for finding instabilities, and potential heat problems.

[megaant4]

1 minute ago, SageOfSpice said:

 

Why not Prime? I fail to see how something can be over the top. Fully utilizing your hardware represents a worst-case scenario. Prime95 is extremely useful for finding instabilities, and potential heat problems.

 From what I have heard Prime can damage the hardware as it pushes the CPU beyond what is recommended. No one suggest using it anymore, so I think you should probably listen to them.

[SageOfSpice]

Just now, megaant4 said:

 From what I have heard Prime can damage the hardware as it pushes the CPU beyond what is recommended. No one suggest using it anymore, so I think you should probably listen to them.

Yeah, you're going to have to explain to me how it's possible for a program to push hardware beyond it's limits.

 

100% is 100%.

[bgibbz]

1 minute ago, SageOfSpice said:

 

Why not Prime? I fail to see how tsomething can be over the top. Fully utilizing your hardware represents a worst-case scenario. Prime95 is extremely useful for finding instabilities, and potential heat problems.

Prime 95 was proven to push your CPU to the point where you are lessening the lifespan. It is her ally regarded in the community as something that shouldn't really be used any more. 

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1510388/haswell-e-overclock-leaderboard-owners-club/2390#post_22900116

[megaant4]

2 minutes ago, SageOfSpice said:

Yeah, you're going to have to explain to me how it's possible for a program to push hardware beyond it's limits.

 

100% is 100%.

 

1 minute ago, bgibbz said:

Prime 95 was proven to push your CPU to the point where you are lessening the lifespan. It is her ally regarded in the community as something that shouldn't really be used any more. 

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1510388/haswell-e-overclock-leaderboard-owners-club/2390#post_22900116

 

[SageOfSpice]

3 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

Prime 95 was proven to push your CPU to the point where you are lessening the lifespan. It is her ally regarded in the community as something that shouldn't really be used any more. 

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1510388/haswell-e-overclock-leaderboard-owners-club/2390#post_22900116

I'd be more inclined to look into that if they weren't trying to sell their own program in it's stead.

 

I'll read into it a bit more, but I don't see sustained voltage as a valid reason to not use prime. Every stress test should push your CPU to it's max voltage.

[Cyracus]

11 minutes ago, SageOfSpice said:

Why not Prime? I fail to see how something can be over the top. Fully utilizing your hardware represents a worst-case scenario. Prime95 is extremely useful for finding instabilities, and potential heat problems.

suffice to say people have fried hardware, whether through user error or the program just doing bad things, so many don't trust it enough to use let alone recommend and it represents a load that no regular user will ever come close to seeing. realbench and linpack both stress the cpu plenty hard and haven't had issues and still stress the cpu harder than realistic use loads.

[SageOfSpice]

1 minute ago, Cyracus said:

suffice to say people have fried hardware, whether through user error or the program just doing bad things, so many don't trust it enough to use let alone recommend and it represents a load that no regular user will ever come close to seeing. realbench and linpack both stress the cpu plenty hard and haven't had issues and still stress the cpu harder than realistic use loads.

User error sounds appropriate. 

From what I've found so far, it has to do with people leaving their voltage set to -auto-.

[*Insert Name Here*]

36 minutes ago, SageOfSpice said:

 

Why not Prime? I fail to see how something can be over the top. Fully utilizing your hardware represents a worst-case scenario. Prime95 is extremely useful for finding instabilities, and potential heat problems.

I agree that I have heard of Prime64 frying hardware before

[SageOfSpice]

Just now, *Insert Name Here* said:

I agree that I have heard of Prime64 frying hardware before

I've heard of Origin frying hardware before, that doesn't mean I believe it.

 

 

I didn't come here to pick fights, though. I acknowledge that this may have been an issue in the past, but it has been fixed in recent iterations. I will acknowledge that not everything is idiot proof, and that sometimes we forget to put pool noodles on things that we don't think of as being innately dangerous objects. Oh how we learn though.

[*Insert Name Here*]

48 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

suffice to say people have fried hardware, whether through user error or the program just doing bad things, so many don't trust it enough to use let alone recommend and it represents a load that no regular user will ever come close to seeing. realbench and linpack both stress the cpu plenty hard and haven't had issues and still stress the cpu harder than realistic use loads.

Could you give me a reliable to intel burn test. I haven't been able to find it on their website.

[*Insert Name Here*]

31 minutes ago, *Insert Name Here* said:

I agree that I have heard of Prime64 frying hardware before

NEVERMIND I GOT IT. I JUST DIDNT LOOK FOR MORE THAN 4 MIN,

 

[bgibbz]

1 hour ago, SageOfSpice said:

I'd be more inclined to look into that if they weren't trying to sell their own program in it's stead.

 

I'll read into it a bit more, but I don't see sustained voltage as a valid reason to not use prime. Every stress test should push your CPU to it's max voltage.

They aren't really trying to sell there FREE software. They even mention that many other stress testers exist that work well. regardless of how your power settings are configured, the CPU will apply the correct power to complete the task. Prime 95 pushes the CPU in a way so that it will actually overvolt beyond the user settings. I struggle to understand why you continue to argue this. This is not something that I or anyone else simply just claims, but a repeated issue that is well known to the community and has fried people hardware. Regardless of whether improvements have been made, there are many other excellent stress testers out there, and it simply doesn't make sense to use a program that could potentially damage your hardware. There is definitely risk present with using prime95 and therefore there is novreasok to use it. It's far from the only stress tester, and far from the best. 

[SageOfSpice]

30 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

They aren't really trying to sell there FREE software. They even mention that many other stress testers exist that work well. regardless of how your power settings are configured, the CPU will apply the correct power to complete the task. Prime 95 pushes the CPU in a way so that it will actually overvolt beyond the user settings. I struggle to understand why you continue to argue this. This is not something that I or anyone else simply just claims, but a repeated issue that is well known to the community and has fried people hardware. Regardless of whether improvements have been made, there are many other excellent stress testers out there, and it simply doesn't make sense to use a program that could potentially damage your hardware. There is definitely risk present with using prime95 and therefore there is novreasok to use it. It's far from the only stress tester, and far from the best. 

That sounds like an issue with the CPU, not the software.

[bgibbz]

16 hours ago, SageOfSpice said:

That sounds like an issue with the CPU, not the software.

It certainly is. The post I sent earlier even mentioned that many server grade hardware will downthrottle to avoid over volting. Consumer grade cpus however are not designed to be subjected to the kind of workload that prime95 pushes at it.