Benchmarking/Burn-In Programs?

[Hideous_Hog]

I am expecting my new T'Bird/ASUS any day now. What benchmarking programs are y'all using to evaluate o'clocking settings?

Additionally, does anybody know of a burn-in program like a repeating/looping game demo (I got Q2 and Unreal), for evaluating max temp?

 

[Supradude]

i use sisoft sandra/3d mark/final reality(cheesy but pretty)... not much else...

for burn-in, prime 95 does a good job, as do the game torture demos...

 

[arod324]

I would add Seti@home to the list of "burnin" programs, along with RC5. If you are trying to benchmark your cpu, I do not think you should try Q3. This is more of a video card benchmark. (My cpu temp after running quake3 for an hour is MUCH less than it after I run Seti or Prime95 (it does not stress your cpu as much as other programs)

 

[techfuzz]

Running RC5 or any number crunching distributed processing application stresses both the CPU overclocking stability and is a good benchmark for heat dissipation from the CPU.

 

[Garet Jax]

Are these freeware and available from http://www.download.com? Thanks a lot.

 

[Big Lar]

Try Stability test from www.octools.com I always use it, and it works great.

 

[Deceiver]

RC5 can be found here

while you're at it, you can join TeamAnandtech

 

[DarkMajiq]

SETI@Home is definitely also a good one. I also like the Burn-in Wizard on SiSoft Sandra.