Should I run memtest? (DDR4 3000mhz)

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I am running 16gb (8x2) of Corsair LPX DDR4 3000 ram. I have been running it at 3200 and it seems fine. However, I have only used the pc a small amount along with stress testing the memory in AIDA64 for around 15 minutes. I was going to run memtest for a few hours but thought this would be a bad idea since I don't have a case, and thus not much air movement to carry heat away from the memory. I just wanted to verify that the memory would run at the claimed 3000mhz with no errors before the retailer return time runs out.

Should I run memtest or just try AIDA64 memory stress test for few hours instead? Perhaps, I should wait until I am fully set up before running any tests--let me know!

Thanks

 

[qubit]

Running memtest will be fine.

 

[sneekypeet]

From what I have seen with DDR4, in serious stress testing such as long term memtest, it rarely goes over 40C, and that is with serious over-volting and much higher OCs on said sticks. As qubit states, you will be fine.

 

[xc11]

From what I have seen with DDR4, in serious stress testing such as long term memtest, it rarely goes over 40C, and that is with serious over-volting and much higher OCs on said sticks. As qubit states, you will be fine.

Thanks, I'll give memtest a go then.

Thought I'd ask for future reference, is the AIDA64 stress test worth running to get a reasonable idea of stability? The only thing it gave me was a hardware failure warning when I dropped the latency down to 15 at 3200.

 

[sneekypeet]

I tend to use Asus' RealBench in Windows for testing stability. It will crash when other tests pass. That or run SuperPi or wPrime on the largest test set. The memory bench in AIDA is not all that intensive.

 

[xc11]

I tend to use Asus' RealBench in Windows for testing stability. It will crash when other tests pass. That or run SuperPi or wPrime on the largest test set. The memory bench in AIDA is not all that intensive.

Just downloaded RealBench v2.43, which added LGA1151 support. I downloaded it on one computer and will have to move it over to my new machine. If I understand correctly, this will stress everything at once instead of just the memory. How long should I run it?

 

[sneekypeet]

Just downloaded RealBench v2.43, which added LGA1151 support. I downloaded it on one computer and will have to move it over to my new machine. If I understand correctly, this will stress everything at once instead of just the memory. How long should I run it?

I found that if things are out of whack, it will show on the initial run through. If you want, you can run it for a few loops to be sure.