TechPowerUp Announces MemTest64 - Test Memory from Within Windows

btarunr · Apr 20, 2017

TechPowerUp today announced MemTest64, our lightweight, standalone utility that lets you test your system memory for hardware faults and other errors. The application has a graphical user interface (GUI), and can be run from within Windows, without needing any administrator privileges. MemTest64 can also be used to test the stability of your memory performance tuning, such as overclocks and tight timings. The utility puts your memory through a battery of test patterns, while juggling data from the memory to the page file. The app is portable, and does not require any installation. This is our first public release of MemTest64, after thorough internal testing. We welcome your feedback in the app's dedicated forum on TechPowerUp Forums.

DOWNLOAD: TechPowerUp MemTest64 1.0

Features

Runs on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10. 64-bit OS only
Supports all modern processors, including Intel Core and AMD Ryzen
No reboot or DOS-mode required
You can control how much memory to test, to reduce operational impact
Memory is tested using various detection algorithms
Errors will be detected automatically
Does not require Administrator privileges
No installation or registry modifications required.

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natr0n · Apr 20, 2017

Pretty cool tool.

My findings are most memory issues are from incorrect timings and voltage being to low.

Octopuss · Apr 20, 2017

Who writes all this stuff? W1zz?

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Apr 20, 2017

Cool app........ :clap:

W1zzard · Apr 20, 2017

Octopuss said:
Who writes all this stuff? W1zz?

Yupyup

dj-electric · Apr 20, 2017

I got a little spoiled by EFI loaded USB drives containing passmark's memtest v6.
Ill give this one a go, guess. This is truly more for OCers and less for technitians.

Octopuss · Apr 20, 2017

W1zzard said:
Yupyup

Looks like complicated software. Do you code stuff for living then? I don't suppose TPU can generate enough money to live off?

Mussels · Apr 20, 2017

this post needed more fanfare, nearly missed the existence of such an awesome tool

Ferrum Master · Apr 20, 2017

I would only wish if such tool would exist for testing GPU memory errors. There was some long time ago one for ATI cards... but well... that's dino age.

Enterprise24 · Apr 20, 2017

A nice new toy :clap:

buggalugs · Apr 20, 2017

thanks for this.

brian_i6 · Apr 20, 2017

The program recognizes only two modules out of four. Gigabyte MW50-SV0.

Disparia · Apr 20, 2017

1hr, all good so far.

Basard · Apr 20, 2017

OOOOooooOOOoooooooooooooooo!

Frick · Apr 20, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
Cool app........

View attachment 86666

That right there is about the only legit reason to stay on Windows 7.

Cataclysm_ZA · Apr 20, 2017

Hey @W1zzard, will the results output by this tool be any different from what you can get from Memtest86? Is it possible that Memtest86 will find errors that Memtest64 won't?

qubit · Apr 20, 2017

Cool. Look forward to trying it out.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Apr 20, 2017

Frick said:
That right there is about the only legit reason to stay on Windows 7.

I use W10 with W7 task manager.

Frick · Apr 20, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
I use W10 with W7 task manager.

And I bet you have a seperate monitor just for it.

Octopuss · Apr 20, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
I use W10 with W7 task manager.

How is that relevant to the discussion?

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Apr 20, 2017

Octopuss said:
How is that relevant to the discussion?

See post #4

OSdevr · Apr 20, 2017

Cataclysm_ZA said:
Hey @W1zzard, will the results output by this tool be any different from what you can get from Memtest86? Is it possible that Memtest86 will find errors that Memtest64 won't?

Memtest86 runs under DOS so that it can test virtually all of your memory. Despite the name it also is 64-bit and handles memory above 4GB just fine.

This MemTest64 program can't test memory that is in use, but you don't have to reboot to run it. As was said above it is more for testing an overclock than for diagnosing RAM issues.

NdMk2o1o · Apr 20, 2017

Octopuss said:
How is that relevant to the discussion?

On topic please, this has nothing to do with the OP... :roll:

Cool can't wait to try this out :toast:

Cataclysm_ZA · Apr 20, 2017

OSdevr said:
As was said above it is more for testing an overclock than for diagnosing RAM issues.

Aha, so it's for stability testing. Gotcha.

W1zzard · Apr 20, 2017

OSdevr said:
This MemTest64 program can't test memory that is in use

If you select a sufficiently large test size, it will send everything to pagefile, freeing memory to test, except for the kernel, which is roughly 1 GB.

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