Solved Should i use prime95 or passmark for stress test

[ImtheBest]

I'm not sure how to use prime95. I don't want to damage my CPU or anything. Is passmark better to use also haven't used this program that much so not really sure how its done


Can someone help me if they can

Thank u

 

[WalterWolf]

I usually use Prime95 for CPU testing.

 

[Cain]

I have use prime95 when CPU overclocking to stress test, and it does a great job. It won't hurt your CPU. That is kind of the point of it. Your CPU will shut down a core/s if it reaches thermal threshhold, and thats if you have disabled throttling. The other extreme, is if the CPU is not receiving enough power, it will stutter while doing a calculation and cause an error. Completely unharmful to the CPU, potentially fatal to data that may have been processing. Which is what we're testing for

...Once prime95 detects an error on a core, it kills the test on it.
It's one of those great applications that just does what it does, and does it well. Without the bells and whistles.

 

[rebel4life]

can someone post a link to prime95 please

 

[Cain]

This is from the developers website:

http://mersenneforum.org/gimps/p64v2511.zip

I forgot to add... that using prime95, you are not only getting a great stress tester but you also have the opportunity to be doing something good for a large community by contributing your CPU power to solving complex mathematical equations