Application to test CPU

[WojtasRed]

I`m looking for an application to test if my CPU is working properly. Any suggestions, guys?

 

[P4-630]

I`m looking for an application to test if my CPU is working properly. Any suggestions, guys?

You can stress test your CPU with AIDA64 http://www.aida64.com/

 

[WojtasRed]

Thanks!

How can I test its general stability?

 

[P4-630]

Use the FPU stress test in AIDA64.
You can also play some games.

 

[RejZoR]

I prefer ASUS RealBench

http://rog.asus.com/tag/realbench/

The most real-world test plus video encoder test is using AVX which is ideal for stability testing. Plus it has an OpenCL test that stresses GPU.

 

[95Viper]

If you have AMD Overdrive installed, it can test your CPU.

Quote from the tuning guide pdf:

AMD OverDrive™ utility Stability Test
The AMD OverDrive™ utility features an impressive system stability assessment. The “Stability Test” tab under “Performance Control” incorporates AMD‟s CPU test algorithms to stress the CPUs worst-case scenario. The test consists of various parts that can be set to run only on a specific CPU core or on all CPU cores. It is also possible to select only specific tests to run. The amount of time the test will run can also be adjusted with the slider.

 

[hat]

Experience tells me that no one test is the best. When I'm testing my overclock for stability, I use two different tests. I will run Prime95 Blend for 24 hours, and I will run 100 passes of LinX (all memory loaded).

Some people don't test at all, they just clock and go. If it doesn't crash while gaming or whatever, they call it good. Truth be told some problems can crop up there, but I've had unstable overclocks game fine. Some people will use testing tools, but only for a short amount of time. Me, I like to be sure it's stable, and my way of being sure is to run extensive tests and see that they come back with no errors. After that I'll begin using my rig as per usual. Even my testing isn't a guarantee, but I think it's a damn good start.

 

[Kursah]

OCCT is one of my favorite because its covers a gamut of tests for your CPU and system. Generally my baseline stability test and it's damn good at what it does. Used it for years with excellent success in stability testing and diagnostics. Do note that if your PC is joined to a domain you'll have to buy a license...otherwise it's free.

Everyone has their own flavor of testing...I prefer OCCT and have used it on dozens of builds and deployments...systems I build and validate stability with OCCT when tuning don't come back until something fails. Granted there's more to building and tuning than a single stress test application...it's a vital step IMHO.

My final test is a 6+hr run of the PSU test. This verifies a lot about a build...power consumption, heat output and handling, voltage and system stability, noise under load, etc.

Again we all have methods and any of them are good...I'd suggest you try out what interests you most and see if it works for you or not.

There's Prime95, Asus ROG Realbench, AIDA64, Intel XTU, 3Dmark, Intel Burn Test, etc..etc..etc. Loads of good info out there and experienced members here!

 

[Octopuss]

Prime95 above everything else, however you should add IntelBurnTest to the mix because it can catch other instabilities.

 

[Drone]

/ measuring nostalgia

Back in the day when I was into programming I usually wrote my own programs such as solving systems of linear equations with gigantic matrices of zillion elements, or plotting graphs with zillion dots, what else .. I dunno .. dividing two numbers without losing precision, multiplying two zillion digit numbers and all that fun with arbitrary-precision arithmetic and of course fractals! Man, that was amazing times indeed. That was the best way to challenge myself.
Testing my brain and fpu/alu of my computer, solving real problems and having fun instead of doing some meaningless synthetic tests.

end /

Now I don't give a banana about my cpu. But I play games to test it lol

 

[Octopuss]

Now I don't give a banana about my cpu. But I play games to test it lol

That's not a reliable way to test stability in the slightest.

 

[Kursah]

That's not a reliable way to test stability in the slightest.

If he's only gaming and its stable in said games, then clearly that option works fine for his situation and needs. There is no one right answer here, only opinions.

 

[overclocking101]

there are tons of bench'es/ stability tests but the most common are:
Prime95
intel burn test
and occt
me personally I don't use occt as it seems to be the harshest of the the stability tests. and one time i had a power supply blow up from running it which was good because i found out the psu was faulty but it wasn't because i didn't have a spare lol. prime 95 or ibt are my tests of choice.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Recently i have been using the stress test in CPUZ and monitoring it with HWmonitor
(yes, i need to clean my rad)

 

[Filip Georgievski]

Basically i use aida and p95 for stress test on a cpu, but before that, i double check all the hardware, and i more or lesz know how far i can push a cpu, by the capabilities of the mobo, psu and cooler.
For oc, first of all i prepare the hardware required to do oc (good mobo, better cooler for cpu and a good psu).
An Overclocker Mobo ( P, Z or X series of sockets) is usually the first step.
Next, i use a cooler that can overpower your cpu. My gammaxx can cool cpus with 130w tdp, and my i5 is only 95w tdp, so i can oc it for sure.
Finnaly, i calculate the watts that my psu has to spare so i can make sure that my psu can hold its own if more power is drawn from it.

 

[SystemViper]

I prefer ASUS RealBench

http://rog.asus.com/tag/realbench/

The most real-world test plus video encoder test is using AVX which is ideal for stability testing. Plus it has an OpenCL test that stresses GPU.

Thanks for the info, I never heard of it and just downloaded it. Then i ran it on my new system that i just took out of mothballz.
Still not tuned yet but i am wondering if this is a good score.....



thanks

 

[Delish]

This is a nice guide for how to test with Prime95 http://overclocking.guide/stability-testing-with-prime-95/