Stress Testing a Quad Core

neK · 16th June 2008, 1:36 PM

Whats the best program to stress test a Quad Core (Q9300) and what program to monitor the temps.

Reason: Built a PC for a friend, just want to stress test it for 48-72 hours to make sure everything is ok before i let them take it away.

PC is running stock

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 16th June 2008, 1:38 PM

Core Temp (For Temps) http://www.softpedia.com/get/Windows...ore-Temp.shtml
Prime 95 (For Stress) http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=103

Or a good program called OCCT http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download

redw0lf · 16th June 2008, 2:02 PM

i've been enjoying realtemp http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ over coretemp lately. not because of accuracy or anything, but i find the fact that real temp records the minimum and maximum temps each core gets to and the time it occurs a lot easier to read than going through a 24hour coretemp log. Gamer mode is also sweet as

neK · 17th June 2008, 9:53 AM

So Orthos is no good?
Or is that for Dual Cores only?

Aetherone · 17th June 2008, 2:41 PM

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Originally Posted by neK

So Orthos is no good?

Orthos is fine, just remember to run two copies. Personally, I stress machines with a simultaneous combination of Passmark's "BurnInTest", orthos and 3Dmark06 set to loop just the two HDR tests. This will very effectively load almost all of the devices in your system at the same time, and is in my experience more effective for picking up faulty hardware than purely stressing only one or two subsystems.

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 17th June 2008, 2:44 PM

Or just download and install 3dmark06...let it loop all night. PC should be good to go!! or even PCMark!

Aetherone · 17th June 2008, 2:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DiGiTaL_MoNkEY

Or just download and install 3dmark06...let it loop all night.

The downside to this is it won't load the sound card, the network or the CD/HDDs. Plus 3dm will either use one core and all the vid card, or all the cores and no vid card so you still need something to soak up the extra cycles, not to mention the ram that 3dm won't touch.

It's interesting to watch system power consumption change as you progress through a 3dm, based on which not all of the 3dm tests are equal in loading.

meKs · 18th June 2008, 12:15 PM

a while back i was pointed to ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/ to grab the latest copy of prime95 (seems to be p95v256.zip now) and it seems to be able to run multiple threads and i get 100% usage on all 4 cores when i run it.

I think all the files in there are beta though so might have to be slightly careful.

orndorf · 18th June 2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by redw0lf

i've been enjoying realtemp http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ over coretemp lately. not because of accuracy or anything, but i find the fact that real temp records the minimum and maximum temps each core gets to and the time it occurs a lot easier to read than going through a 24hour coretemp log. Gamer mode is also sweet as

Realtemp shows my 2 cores 10c cooler than Coretemp.....i'll be using realtemp from now on

gS-Gstar · 20th June 2008, 1:08 AM

Prime95 or OCCT /w RealTemp. OCCT uses the Prime95 algorithm, and from experience seems to find instabilities faster then Prime95. It's RAM tester is also one of the best.

ozman181 · 20th June 2008, 6:58 AM

So whats the most accurate???
Realtemp or Coretemp???
Have also got rmclock & everest ult... all 4 proggies give me 4 diff temps...
is this stuff just hit & miss or is there something thats deadset accurate?

mr_mordred2095 · 20th June 2008, 8:19 AM

Another vote for OCCT. It's awesome.

gS-Gstar · 20th June 2008, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ozman181

So whats the most accurate???
Realtemp or Coretemp???
Have also got rmclock & everest ult... all 4 proggies give me 4 diff temps...
is this stuff just hit & miss or is there something thats deadset accurate?

Use RealTemp.

BBITS · 20th June 2008, 11:51 AM

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scotteee · 21st June 2008, 11:29 AM

check this out

which one to trust

p.s i can just read it on my screen hope its not to small

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DiGiTaL MoNkEY Inverted Monkey Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 26,699	Core Temp (For Temps) http://www.softpedia.com/get/Windows...ore-Temp.shtml Prime 95 (For Stress) http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=103 Or a good program called OCCT http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download Last edited by DiGiTaL MoNkEY; 16th June 2008 at 1:40 PM.

17th June 2008, 9:53 AM	#4
neK Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,743	So Orthos is no good? Or is that for Dual Cores only? __________________ Successful Trades: Mime - PNut - Cannula - JeffK - A\|\|uSiOn - mototo - slinger - Jim80 - li2099 - Philip_PC - UnIsUx - ShaneHm2 Excellent Traders: Ronza - Protagonist - Olle_34 - RJ45 - leggit - SuiCid3 - trop - Nemstaris - ConundruM - Heist - Defyant - inspectr - shadowman - slick - ERF - rocklee2323 - Complexity - pongie - ArcTan

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16th June 2008, 2:02 PM	#3
redw0lf Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 314	i've been enjoying realtemp http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ over coretemp lately. not because of accuracy or anything, but i find the fact that real temp records the minimum and maximum temps each core gets to and the time it occurs a lot easier to read than going through a 24hour coretemp log. Gamer mode is also sweet as

17th June 2008, 2:44 PM	#6
DiGiTaL MoNkEY Inverted Monkey Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 26,699	Or just download and install 3dmark06...let it loop all night. PC should be good to go!! or even PCMark!

18th June 2008, 12:15 PM	#8
meKs Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydonee Posts: 130	a while back i was pointed to ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/ to grab the latest copy of prime95 (seems to be p95v256.zip now) and it seems to be able to run multiple threads and i get 100% usage on all 4 cores when i run it. I think all the files in there are beta though so might have to be slightly careful.

20th June 2008, 1:08 AM	#10
gS-Gstar Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 184	Prime95 or OCCT /w RealTemp. OCCT uses the Prime95 algorithm, and from experience seems to find instabilities faster then Prime95. It's RAM tester is also one of the best.

20th June 2008, 6:58 AM	#11
ozman181 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Gong Posts: 103	So whats the most accurate??? Realtemp or Coretemp??? Have also got rmclock & everest ult... all 4 proggies give me 4 diff temps... is this stuff just hit & miss or is there something thats deadset accurate?

20th June 2008, 8:19 AM	#12
mr_mordred2095 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Brisbane Posts: 3,592	Another vote for OCCT. It's awesome.

20th June 2008, 11:51 AM	#14
BBITS Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Brisbane Southside Posts: 605	Use a folding @ home client