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Windows 7 - Hardware - Stress Test With Prime95 Hardware - Stress Test With Prime95 How to Stress Test your Hardware for Stability and Heat Problems with Prime95
Published by Jonathan_King
07-28-2010
| Hardware - Stress Test With Prime95 How to Stress Test your Hardware for Stability and Heat Problems with Prime95  Tip Be sure to keep an eye on your temperatures when running these tests, especially the Large FFTs. I recommend the free utility Speedfan. 1. Download the appropriate 32-bit or 64-bit Windows version of Prime95 from this link: Free Software - GIMPS
You can skip down to step 2 on that page; it is not necessary to register, if all you want to do is torture test. 2. Run the Prime95.exe file. If the UAC warning appears, click "Yes" to allow it. 3. Select "Just Stress Testing" in the first window that appears. 4. Select "Small FFTs", or whatever tests someone asks you to run. Prime95 will automatically select the maximum number of threads reported by Windows in the "Number of threads to run" box.  5. Keep an eye on your temperatures, and stop the test if the machine starts to overheat. 6. Leave the test running for up to 2 hours, unless errors occur sooner. Errors will show up by one or more of the workers stopping.  Note As with all hardware tests, Prime95 is not fail-safe. If the test passes for 2 hours with no errors, it is most likely to be stable. Unfortunately, it sometimes makes mistakes and gives a clean bill of health to faulty hardware. |  Published by | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Rednecksville Posts: 13,837 | |
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07-28-2010
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Don't forget to tick the 'Round off checking' option under Advanced:
Otherwise you won't know if one of your cores has failed etc
(And I personally prefer Realtemp over Speedfan, but that's just my opinion) | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me OS 7 Ultimate x64 CPU i5 2500K 4.7 Ghz Motherboard ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe Gen 3 Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133mhz Graphics Card Asus GTX 580 DirectCU II Sound Card X-FI Forte 7.1 + ATH-AD900 Headphones Monitor(s) Displays x2 Dell U2410 / 58" Samsung / "40 Sony Screen Resolution 1920*1200 / 1920*1080 Keyboard Topre Realforce // Ducky Shine MX Black // Filco Ninja TKL Mouse Razer Imperator + Razer Lachesis PSU Corsair AX1200W Case Lian Li PC-V1020A Cooling Noctua NH-D14: 3x140mm Gelid Wing 14 : Noctua NF-P12 120mm Hard Drives 2x Intel 520 240GB * Crucial M4 128GB * 2x Samsung F3 1TB (RAID 0) * 2x WD Caviar Blacks 2TB (RAID 0) Other Info Laptop Specs:
Clevo Sager P170HM //
17.3 Matte 1920x1200 //
i7 2720QM // 8GB 1333mhz //
Dedicated GTX 485M //
240GB Intel 520 + 750GB + Blu-Ray //
Samsung Story 2TB USB 3.0 |
07-28-2010
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#2 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 |
I have no idea what round-off checking is. Is it enabled by default? When I torture tested my CPU for my overclock, I didn't mess with that at all. I knew it had failed because one of the cores suddenly stopped testing and reported errors. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel i7 2600K OC'd @ 4620 MHz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory 16GB GSkill Sniper 2133 Mhz (4x4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 SuperClocked+ Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays 2x Acer S273HLbmii 27" Screen Resolution 2 x 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech MK320 (wireless) Mouse Logitech MK320 (wireless) PSU Corsair HW Series 750w (modular) Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition Cooling CM Hyper 212+ CPU cooler, 3x 230mm + 1x 140mm case fans Hard Drives 64GB Crucial M4 SSD
Storage: Hitachi 1TB 5400RPM, Samsung 1.5TB 5400RPM Internet Speed 30 Mb/s : 2 Mb/s |
07-29-2010
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#3 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 |
Done. Now all I need is a thumbnail for it...any suggestions? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel i7 2600K OC'd @ 4620 MHz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory 16GB GSkill Sniper 2133 Mhz (4x4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 SuperClocked+ Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays 2x Acer S273HLbmii 27" Screen Resolution 2 x 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech MK320 (wireless) Mouse Logitech MK320 (wireless) PSU Corsair HW Series 750w (modular) Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition Cooling CM Hyper 212+ CPU cooler, 3x 230mm + 1x 140mm case fans Hard Drives 64GB Crucial M4 SSD
Storage: Hitachi 1TB 5400RPM, Samsung 1.5TB 5400RPM Internet Speed 30 Mb/s : 2 Mb/s |
07-29-2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by smarteyeball
(And I personally prefer Realtemp over Speedfan, but that's just my opinion) Realtemp's only for Intel, isn't it? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Made 00x OS 7Home64 CPU AMD Phenom II x4 965 - 3,4GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H Memory DDR3 1333Mhz, 8Gb (Corsair xms3 : 9, 9, 9, 24) Graphics Card GeForce GTX550Ti 1024mb GDDR5 (Gainward) Sound Card Creative X-Fi ExtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays Acer 27", led, full hd Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech + Saitek "Cyborg Command Unit" Mouse Logitech LS1 laser PSU CombatPower 750W, 12cm fan Case Antec "Three Hundred", 12 + 14 cm fans Cooling Noctua NH-U12P (CPU) + 2xNF-B9 (HDD's) + NF-P12 (case side) Hard Drives G-Skill SSD 80Gb + Kingston SSD 64Gb + WD sata 500Mb + Hitachi sata 1Tb Internet Speed 4Mb/s Other Info 6-fan-&-temp controller Scythe Kase Master Pro 5.25 |
07-30-2010
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#5 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 |

Quote: Originally Posted by scoopeeedoo 
Quote: Originally Posted by smarteyeball
(And I personally prefer Realtemp over Speedfan, but that's just my opinion) Realtemp's only for Intel, isn't it? Yes, that is correct. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel i7 2600K OC'd @ 4620 MHz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory 16GB GSkill Sniper 2133 Mhz (4x4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 SuperClocked+ Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays 2x Acer S273HLbmii 27" Screen Resolution 2 x 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech MK320 (wireless) Mouse Logitech MK320 (wireless) PSU Corsair HW Series 750w (modular) Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition Cooling CM Hyper 212+ CPU cooler, 3x 230mm + 1x 140mm case fans Hard Drives 64GB Crucial M4 SSD
Storage: Hitachi 1TB 5400RPM, Samsung 1.5TB 5400RPM Internet Speed 30 Mb/s : 2 Mb/s |
07-31-2010
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 CP x64 |
Nice tutorial Jon, nice to be able to link to this instead of writing it all the time.
I use Realtemp as well. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number 76~1.4 OS Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 CP x64 CPU Intel Core i5-750 3.84GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P, SATA 6Gb/s USB 3, f14 Memory 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance CL8 1.5v Graphics Card XFX HD 5770 1GB DDR5 Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889 Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD Dell Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Logitech Wave Mouse CM Sentinel PSU Corsair HX650W Case Cooler Master Storm Scout Cooling Corsair H80 2x12cm Noctua NF P12 , 2x14cm case fans Hard Drives Intel X25 M 120GB SSD,
Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache, Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache, Internet Speed Dismal Other Info eSATA ports,
External eSATA Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm,
External USB WD 500GB |
08-08-2010
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit |
Excellent! Very well done and very helpful. Thanks much. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Motherboard ASUS P4P800-VM Motherboard Chipset: Intel 865G + ICH5 Memory 2.50 GB RAM Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS Sound Card SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (Chip) Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VX 1962 wm Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 v10 USB Mouse Logitec optic USB Cooling Fan based Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB
ST380215A ATA Device 18.6 GB
Western Digital "My Book" external hard drive 750 GB Internet Speed 3.01 Mb/s download 0.64 Mb/s upload |
10-29-2010
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#8 | | Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 CP x64 |
Just thought I would add the CPU tempurature monitoring programs here for reference.
For Intel: Real Temp
For AMD and Intel: Core Temp
For AMD and Intel: Speedfan (as in the 'Tip' above)
I see these recommended on many forums, but others work as well. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number 76~1.4 OS Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 CP x64 CPU Intel Core i5-750 3.84GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P, SATA 6Gb/s USB 3, f14 Memory 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance CL8 1.5v Graphics Card XFX HD 5770 1GB DDR5 Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889 Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD Dell Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Logitech Wave Mouse CM Sentinel PSU Corsair HX650W Case Cooler Master Storm Scout Cooling Corsair H80 2x12cm Noctua NF P12 , 2x14cm case fans Hard Drives Intel X25 M 120GB SSD,
Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache, Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache, Internet Speed Dismal Other Info eSATA ports,
External eSATA Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm,
External USB WD 500GB |
10-30-2010
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#9 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 |
Thank you Dave. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel i7 2600K OC'd @ 4620 MHz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory 16GB GSkill Sniper 2133 Mhz (4x4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 SuperClocked+ Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays 2x Acer S273HLbmii 27" Screen Resolution 2 x 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech MK320 (wireless) Mouse Logitech MK320 (wireless) PSU Corsair HW Series 750w (modular) Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition Cooling CM Hyper 212+ CPU cooler, 3x 230mm + 1x 140mm case fans Hard Drives 64GB Crucial M4 SSD
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