Looking for a good custom torture test

[mike420]

So thats pretty much it. I'm looking for a good custom torture test in prime 95 to let me know if my cpu is stable. I have an e7200 core 2 duo 266fsbx9 at 2.53ghz That I'm running at 379 x 9.5 at 3.6ghz. It's idling at 39c. 1.29 volts. Ram at 759

 

[aigomorla]

OCCT

LinX

Intel BurnTest

Prime95 v. 25.7+

Theres a lot...

You will also need cpu-z to check voltage while ur at load.
Also you will need Coretemp or RealTemp.

Use google to find download links.

 

[Zensal]

OCCT w/ linpack test.

 

[Shmee]

I think he means using custom length FFT's and settings, whatever is the most overall stressing? Not sure, but you could try playing with different settings and check results. I believe if you had an nvidia board, you can use a certain method to check for GTLREFV lane stability which is mentioned on the evga forums. Other than that, I my self would just stick with OCCT and its included version of linx.

 

[Shmee]

hmm, am I the only one who seems to read his post as a p95 specific question? Still, what they say may be better anyways.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Linx has been the fastest at spotting an unsafe overclock. My ram doesn't budge past 3.2ghz, and i'm not suprised. Linx pulls it up in the matter of minutes, P95 doesn't fail at all :-/

My CPU and board look to overclock even further. I'm not looking into OC past 3ghz anyway. 2.8ghz is still mighty fast.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: Scholzpdx
Linx has been the fastest at spotting an unsafe overclock. My ram doesn't budge past 3.2ghz, and i'm not suprised. Linx pulls it up in the matter of minutes, P95 doesn't fail at all :-/

My CPU and board look to overclock even further. I'm not looking into OC past 3ghz anyway. 2.8ghz is still mighty fast.

+1

avoid OCCT

 

[BaboonGuy]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Originally posted by: Scholzpdx
Linx has been the fastest at spotting an unsafe overclock. My ram doesn't budge past 3.2ghz, and i'm not suprised. Linx pulls it up in the matter of minutes, P95 doesn't fail at all :-/

My CPU and board look to overclock even further. I'm not looking into OC past 3ghz anyway. 2.8ghz is still mighty fast.

+1

avoid OCCT

What about OCCT Linpack? Isn't that the same as Linx...?

I like OCCT because of its logging and monitoring features built-in.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: mike420
So thats pretty much it. I'm looking for a good custom torture test in prime 95 to let me know if my cpu is stable. I have an e7200 core 2 duo 266fsbx9 at 2.53ghz That I'm running at 379 x 9.5 at 3.6ghz. It's idling at 39c. 1.29 volts. Ram at 759

Of all the test combinations employed in the small FFT test set in Prime95, Test 3 is the one that I have found produces the most amount of heat and power-consumption for kentsfield-class quadcores at least.

(as observed by my watching - more times than I care to admit to you or to myself - my kill-a-watt readout as well as my core-temp results in stability test after stability test)

Test 3 specifics are 800000 iterations of M159745 using FFT length 8K. But we can't arbitrarily select the specific M# to be used in the test so this info isn't really all that helpful.

However really you should just go with small FFT setting because it automatically determines the best FFT sizes to ensure the entire test suit fits in your processor's specific L2$ size anyways:

The "Small FFTs" test uses relatively small FFTs which can fit into the CPU cache. As a result, the small FFT test is the one which accesses your main memory the least but it still makes some memory accesses. Prime95 automatically creates a FFT size range which will fit into the L2 cache of your CPU.

http://www.playtool.com/pages/prime95/prime95.html

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Originally posted by: Scholzpdx
Linx has been the fastest at spotting an unsafe overclock. My ram doesn't budge past 3.2ghz, and i'm not suprised. Linx pulls it up in the matter of minutes, P95 doesn't fail at all :-/

My CPU and board look to overclock even further. I'm not looking into OC past 3ghz anyway. 2.8ghz is still mighty fast.

+1

avoid OCCT

What about OCCT Linpack? Isn't that the same as Linx...?

I like OCCT because of its logging and monitoring features built-in.

That is a great feature but I don't like the way my computer reacts after running OCCT. And its not my system specifically, i've tried it over a few pc's until i realized it was the app screwing up the machine.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
That is a great feature but I don't like the way my computer reacts after running OCCT. And its not my system specifically, i've tried it over a few pc's until i realized it was the app screwing up the machine.

If I have used OCCT it was either long ago or the experience itself was not memorable as I've no specific recollection of the application...but can you expound on what you mean here? What were the symptoms?

I'm not asking for proof, or questioning the validity of your claims, just curious what you mean by them for my own education.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Sure, np

Generally my systems would act as if they stuttering when doing things from the point after; for up to about 5 minutes. Shut down issues as well. I think it possibly may have had something to do with the hard drive. It's been a while so i'm really reaching here. I remember thinking it ruined my FX60 machine.

 

[ShawnD1]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
Generally my systems would act as if they stuttering when doing things from the point after; for up to about 5 minutes. Shut down issues as well. I think it possibly may have had something to do with the hard drive. It's been a while so i'm really reaching here. I remember thinking it ruined my FX60 machine.

If OCCT was using enough memory to force things into the swap file, that would certainly explain why everything was slow for about 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, everything is back in the real memory where it belongs. It's also possible that it really did damage your CPU if it wasn't properly cooled.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
Sure, np

Generally my systems would act as if they stuttering when doing things from the point after; for up to about 5 minutes. Shut down issues as well. I think it possibly may have had something to do with the hard drive. It's been a while so i'm really reaching here. I remember thinking it ruined my FX60 machine.

Yeah that would make me nervous too. I wonder if the heat dump into your case was making your HDD do all those thermal recalibration things they do when the temps change a lot? At any rate, it is just as easy for me to avoid them and keep on using prime95 so I'll do that. Prime95 takes longer, but I've got time.

 

[BaboonGuy]

I know the OP is on an Intel system but I've found that OCCT on Large Data Set found errors more quickly than Linx did. This is on an AMD Phenom II AM2+ 940BE system.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
Sure, np

Generally my systems would act as if they stuttering when doing things from the point after; for up to about 5 minutes. Shut down issues as well. I think it possibly may have had something to do with the hard drive. It's been a while so i'm really reaching here. I remember thinking it ruined my FX60 machine.

Yeah that would make me nervous too. I wonder if the heat dump into your case was making your HDD do all those thermal recalibration things they do when the temps change a lot? At any rate, it is just as easy for me to avoid them and keep on using prime95 so I'll do that. Prime95 takes longer, but I've got time.

I use LinX along with p95. I think LinX will generate more heat than OCCT but doesn't have the same effect on my overall system as OCCT did.

 

[BaboonGuy]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
I know the OP is on an Intel system but I've found that OCCT on Large Data Set found errors more quickly than Linx did. This is on an AMD Phenom II AM2+ 940BE system.

Actually it depends... both have their purposes. Today Linx found an error in about 7 minutes that took OCCT over an hour to find. I think for testing for 10 minutes, Linx is better than OCCT. But for testing for 3 minutes, OCCT is better than Linx.

I do agree that Linx outputs more heat than OCCT (Large Data Set, not Linpack).

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
I know the OP is on an Intel system but I've found that OCCT on Large Data Set found errors more quickly than Linx did. This is on an AMD Phenom II AM2+ 940BE system.

Actually it depends... both have their purposes. Today Linx found an error in about 7 minutes that took OCCT over an hour to find. I think for testing for 10 minutes, Linx is better than OCCT. But for testing for 3 minutes, OCCT is better than Linx.

I do agree that Linx outputs more heat than OCCT (Large Data Set, not Linpack).

Dude, are you arguing with yourself there? :laugh: