Program to Stress Test Memory

[Evo85]

Looking for a good program to really stress test memory. I know of Memtest86 and Windows Mem test, but I am not sure which to use. I want something that will throw alot of data at it very fast.

Basicly, if there is a fault or an stability issue of any kind I want the test to find it.

 

[oli_ramsay]

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/385/

Orthos stresses CPU and/or RAM.

 

[Hawk1]

The new Memtest86+ should find pretty much any memory instabilty/errors if any. Just let it run overnight and if there's no errors, it's pretty safe to say the memory is good/stable.

 

[Laurijan]

A very good program to stress test memory is SuperPi Mod1.5 - IMO if it passes 8M the memory will be stable.

 

[trog100]

rightmark do some good stuff..

http://www.rightmark.org/

if u want a quick and dirty stability test run super pi to 16m and 3dmark 2006 at the same time..

otherwise running the rightmark memory stabilty test in the background while u browse or do your other day to day stuff will soon find problems if there are any..

running orthos for x number of hours is a waste of space.. its a "pretend" stability test..

trog

 

[Kursah]

I agree that rightmark has some good stuff, I disagree with orthos aside from testing memory. It's a good dual core CPU stress imo, but for memory, it's a waste of time. But small fft's on Priority 9 does a good job of heating the cpu, to me it's just a cobbled Prime95 for dual cores...which it pretty much is.

I still use Memtest for Windows Free initially...but the best route is to create a boot disc so less memory is taken up by an OS and thus more memory can be tested and verified. I usually start with all sticks installed, if there are errors, I'll remove a stick (I am running a 2x1gb kit)...and even if I found only one has errors, I'll test the other to ensure it's integrity.

There are a few different methods to do this, some are more popular than others, but most will get to the same conclusion if performed correctly.

 

[ShadowFold]

Prime95 is my favorite for RAM and CPU testing