agentgod, dont tell me you still play sc with that comp =_=Quote:
Originally Posted by AgentGOD
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agentgod, dont tell me you still play sc with that comp =_=Quote:
Originally Posted by AgentGOD
Here is my idea to combine setfsb and ibt. Ibt outputs tmpOut and then this ahk script decides to lower fsb, and outputs tmpOut1 with Mhz/Loops.
The first run, week ago crashed at 199 loops 273.1MhzQuote:
ht2=334
tt2=60
ts0=D:\p2\IntelBurnTest\tmpOut
FileGetSize, ts1, %ts0%
Loop
{
FileGetSize, ts2, %ts0%
if (ts2>ts1)
{
Loop, read, %ts0%
to1 := A_LoopReadLine
StringRight, to3, to1, 13
Loop, read, %ts0%
{
to2 := A_LoopReadLine
StringRight, to4, to2, 13
to9+=1
if (to4=to3)
to5+=1
else
to5:=0
}
if (to5=1 and to9>20 or tt1>tt2)
{
ControlClick, X425 Y156, SetFSB
ControlClick, X316 Y177, SetFSB
if to7>1
FileAppend, %c17%`t%c31%`t%to7%`n, %ts0%1
if to7=1
FileAppend, %c17%`n, %ts0%1
ht2:=ht1
}
if (to5>1 and ht1<ht2-1)
{
ControlClick, X465 Y156, SetFSB
ControlClick, X316 Y177, SetFSB
}
FileRead, to8, %ts0%1
TrayTip,, %c17%`t%c31%`t%to5%`t%to9%`n%to8%
to7:=to5
to5:=0
to9:=0
ts1:=ts2
}
ControlGetText, s31, Static31, CPU-Z
StringLeft, c31, s31, 5
ControlGetText, s17, Static17, CPU-Z
StringLeft, c17, s17, 5
ControlGetText, s133, Static133, SetFSB
StringLeft, ht1, s133, 3
ControlGetText, s23, Static23, Core Temp
StringMid, tt1, s21, 2, 2
sleep, 2000
}
Then my cpu degraded, because of 24 hour ibt at 1.5v, currently 270.5Mhz 190loops stable.
272.6 1.184 7
272.3
274.2 1.184 22
273.9
273.5 1.184 12
273.1
272.7 1.184 13
272.3
271.8 1
271.4
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1605/271190lra5.gif
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3...rd01ss4.th.gif
Damn 24 hour IBT testing? I just ran IBT for 3 loops thats it!
Guys IBT is way too stressfull..... degradation can happen...
well he ran 1.5v on a penrynQuote:
Originally Posted by rockfella
we know degradation happens with 45nm at high voltages over long periods of time
just looks like he accelerated that process =_=
Well i tested my Q6600, temps went up to 78 deg, 3 tests, u think it could degrade? :shrug:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Newblar
not unless its at 1.7vcore and you do a 24 burn testQuote:
Originally Posted by rockfella
It'll be fine since it'll only be a short amount of time :).Quote:
Originally Posted by rockfella
This thread should be a sticky, can you mods out there stick this thread please?:cat:
He only writes hacks for StarCraft now... :shakes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Newblar
The cake is a lie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loser777
Doesnt seem to want to play nice with core i7 + triple chan memory :(
I just tested my Core i7 920 @ about 3.150Ghz, stock cooler. CPU never went over 80C in CoreTemp.
I only did one pass though. Wasn't sure how long it was going to take. And it is pretty fast, like others said.
Ive tried running IBT numerous times and continue to get the error mentioned by some before... I have tried installing it several times in different folders (keeping everything together) running as admin, etc. Can't seem to get it to work correctly on the #1 option (max stress test) :(
Its the same error screen shot posted a page or 2 back, im not sure why I cant get it to work right.
Oh this is in 32 bit mode btw.
I'm guessing it's Vista 32-bit related. Try running it with Error-detection off, and posting a screen-shot of that so I can get a better idea of what you're talking about.
Its weird that now to OC i HAVE TO DISABLE THERMAL FEATURES in BIOS, this was not the case until i ran IBT. U guys think my mobo degraded? :shrug:
It runs fine at 3.6 Ghz (450X8) with thermal funtions (EIST etc) disabled. 30 mins OCCT stable and i dont give a damn to IBT now
Quote:
Originally Posted by AgentGOD
You can almost forget about linpack and i7 in 32bit mode. Prime will be the better tester here..
In win x64 and with 6-12GB ram it's a usable memory tester now, however the 50% issue is prohibiting it from working better than prime for now.
For example, I ran 53h prime and 10h IBT on one of my 920 customer systems with 12Gb ram, OCed to 3,6Ghz at 1,2V, watercooled.
After 53h of prime, I got roughly 60C on all cores. Using 11,5GB ram with IBT it never got over 53C. Also performance sucked, a good 40Gflops which is about half of what it should be.
With error detection off.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9...failxz6.th.jpg
With error detection on.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7...ail2rw4.th.jpg
Doesnt seen to want to do either, I guess it must be a vista 32 bit problem?
Max mem size it wants to test with Vista 32 for me is 1600MB (1700 and above same error). This is on 4Gb ram systems. On XP 32 linpack auto-scales down to 2GB fine.
So is this good to use on my QX9650 with WinXp32bit?
Also will it detect all my ram or do i have to set that manually? 4GB btw
I've used IntelBurn with different CPU speeds and am stable with it but when I go use Prime95 I fail. I set to 5 runs. What gives and which should I believe?
Both -- if either says it's "unstable", it is. LinPak tests primarily the CPU. Prime95 tests both (CPU, memory & NB) -- especially in blend. Prime95 also tests transitions when it goes from large to small FFTs (and vice versa) -- so it's a more robust test. I use LinPak for a quick test of stability because it will generally fail much more quickly than prime if there's a CPU problem -- I just run 15 cycles. Then I run prime95 for 8-12 hours (or more). If that passes, I run the 3D-Marks to check graphics. OCCT is another good tool in it's mix mode. I don't use it as much because you don't get as much info from it as from Prime95 and it's not as repeatable as prime95 so you can't always tell if you're changing things in the right direction based on how long it runs. YMMV.Quote:
Originally Posted by drnip
yeh i had that. i have vista64.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJOzolins
i deleted ibt folder ,and installed directly to c drive . for some reason if i install to c/program files it doesnt work. try saving it to c drive only.
on another note, i passed 5 runs . was happy. then u gys told me i need atleast 10 runs. so i did that and failed . was emo about it for a few days ,then again i started playing with gtls . now ive hit the spot.
i finally got 10 runs stable :up:just by bumping gtls +5
and dont u dare say i need 15 runs !! lol
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...nShot012-3.jpg
Well I'm running this IntelBurnTest thing on my i7 920 @ 4Ghz HT On .. and it finished in 283.033 seconds .. (1 test) .. 1443.602 secs (5 test)
Temps maxed out at low 80's during the test.. vs. high-80's for Prime95 .. I'd say this thing aint as harsh as Prime95
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...tCoolerRef.jpg
Please do bother to read the last 2 pages ;)
IBT doesn't use 8 threads yet, hence it's not optimal for i7 testing yet.
:shrug:Could somebody please tell me why yesterday I finally got 10 clean passes of this test then this morning I wake to run the test again to marvel in my achievents only to find I fail everytime??
now thats frustrating
I passed prime95 small fft for 24hours and then I did IBT for 200 runs max settings and got 2 errors. Going to up my nb voltage to see if that stabilizes the system.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/6926/200runyy1.jpg
wow is 1.456vcore normal for 3.4ghz on a q6600? not to high?Quote:
Originally Posted by trayed
Max vcore is 1.5 I believe, so I'm safe :) It vdroops to around 1.38
Wow yea your right that did seem to fix the problem, but like others said it doesnt want to test more then 1749 mb of memory on vista 32, and only uses 4 cores (i7 Hyper-threading throws it off).Quote:
Originally Posted by adya
Going to see if it works with Hyper-threading off, im assuming it probably does.
Upon further testing it does not seem to matter what folder it's in, but how much memory it wants to use in Vista 32 bit. Like you said anything over apox. 1700 mb and it errors immediatly.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcool
Confirmed that it does in fact use near 100% cpu usage with HT off. However, as many have seen the i7's run alot cooler with HT off ~10 deg. Celc. less (my temps went about 74 max in prime, to about 65 max in IBT with Hyper threading off).
So it does seem to work with HT off but at a lower temp. Not sure how much of a difference it will be in comparison to prime 95 with HT enabled as far as stability goes, Unless your getting very high temps with HT on anyway.
So how many passes do you recommend for 8Gb or ram on vista x64?
I have been using 10, but I just saw a screenshot with 200 passes!!!!
I you like something equivalent to 24hours of prime blend
Maybe equivalent to prime95 small ffts, but not prime95 blend.Quote:
Originally Posted by karateo
I run 15 then switch to prime95 or OCCT. This still primarily tests the CPU whereas prime95 blend/OCCT mix tests CPU and Memory/NB.
very good program, well done
Geez. IBT pushes my temps all the way up to 83°C.
Pushes me up to 77C. 80's where I stop. Read that I should keep the distance to TJMax >20C min. At 83, you're at 17C...Quote:
Originally Posted by stn0091
Keep monitoring your chips guys.
wow, how do you get over 75*C results on 45nm processors, highest where i have used IBT is 71*C and that was 1.43V (windows ~1.41), And this was whit "1" torture test -> All avaible memory on 64Bit system (around 3200Mb) 10 test
Awesome program saves me from staring at 1hr prime blend to gauge stability. A quick 10 pass run and all good :):clap:
Great work on this program, lets do away with endless priming!!
i have problem whit linpack
p5q del + q9550 all default linpack in level 1 give me error....
but level 2 everythings fine ( oc 4ghz too )
can you help me ?
I get error using 1 when using vista 32bit but I changed to vista 64 bit and it worked fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by riokabuto
Nice and usefull Tool :up:
Well my E7300 at 3.0Ghz, 1,24V with stock cooler on Prime95 reached only 51c, and with IntelBurn 62c.
Is it confirmed that IntelBurnTest is broken for maximum stress (option 1) using Vista 32? Moving to a 64 bit OS is not an option for me right now so is the half stress test (Option 2) still meaningfull?
Comments appreciated....tks.
It's only using 50% CPU on my i7 (HT enabled) - all 8 threads show activity but none are peaking out. Most of my (12GB) of RAM is being used, I selected option 1, Maximum stress, and am running 64-bit version on Vista 64. Any suggestions?
..a
Use LinX for now until AgentGOD can fix IBT, it's the only linpack GUI I know that currently works with i7 and HT.
30 passes for me and all is well. sweet! temps in 60s...
Quote:
Originally Posted by eflyguy
Well, I found a quick solution - just run it from the command line, twice.. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jcool
..a
Hi there,
First off, whata program ! :clap: Thanks.
Been using it for a couple of months now, no waiting around for hours ! :yepp:
Getting some nice results:
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...7/Stable-1.jpg
(Note, running prime in background to get loaded vcore.)
Now, there's just one thing im concerned with...
Idle voltage is 1.408v, load using prime small fft's or OCCT cpu test is 1.378v flat.. no more or less... But, when using IBT, my voltage is literately all over the place ! It varies from 1.378v (doesn't go below) to 1.456v ! :eek: It's never on a certain voltage for more than 5secs... Is this normal ? Could it be a problem with my PSU or my motherboards power delivery ? or isit just this insane program :ROTF:
Its also the same with vDIMM, idle is 2.08v, load using prime blend or memtest is 2.06v... But using this it goes up to 2.176v !!! :shocked:
Anyone else having the same results ?
Cheers,
Oz
guys how many time do i need to enter to test stability? tired of prime takes so long... lol
I run it for 15 cycles before running prime.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollaback04
Keeps me from wasting a lot of time when the CPU's not stable, but it won't catch memory or NB issues unless they're pretty bad -- so you'll still need prime.
Is there a fix for this :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by eflyguy
I tried running this on Vista x64 with 8GB RAM. I have no page file. When I select "Maximum Stress" the test fails in 0.125 seconds. However, if I run "Half stress" or "Custom stress level" w/ 6GB of RAM the test will proceed as normal. Any idea why I cannot run this in "Maximum Stress" mode? Is anyone else running this without a page file?
Thanks.
That's interesting i'm curious to know if that would be a bug? :confused:
Great program guys, thanks!
One question --is this an ideal program for burn-in testing mainboards too (not just CPU/RAM), or is there an alternative I should check out?
Having the same issue right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by eflyguy
Vista64Bit, Linpack only uses 50% CPU with HT on.
I can swear it was using 100% at lower CPU clocks, at about 3800 Mhz, but at 4200 Mhz it started using only 50%.
I don't recall if the CPU settings were identical though.:shrug:
Any known fix/workaround ?
I still can't run "Maximum stress" but the rest looks ok.
http://www.thedigitalfoundry.com/images/IBT01.jpg
http://www.thedigitalfoundry.com/images/IBT02.jpg
Cool program, thanks!! :up:
Failed the last one, needed 2.15v on the mem to pass.
Well that was depressing...I finally got my E3110 (E8400) to get through 5 passes but it required adjusting a bunch of voltages and dropping it to 3.66Ghz.
I'm starting to think I might be at least partially limited by my cooling since my CPU was bouncing off 93C even after I turned up the fan and lowered the clock speeds...I wasn't running RealTemp before when testing at 3.8 (it crashed pretty fast) so I can only assume that it was dangerously close to TJ Max. Guess I might have to finally upgrade my old Zalman CNPS9500 :D
But either way great tool, definitely a lot faster than Prime for bringing my system to it's knees.
As sad as it sounds that's exactly why I love it. :cool: My new testing regime is IBT "Custom" w/ 10 passes minimum, Prime95 "blend" overnight and if I'm still concerned about memory Memtest86+ overnight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tekdemon
Great stability tester. 25 loops is more than enough for everything I need :) And it takes just 30 minutes
50 loops are needed :)
Beyond 15 is just wasted. Switch to something that tests memory and NB at that point: prime95 blend/OCCT mixQuote:
Originally Posted by WaterFlex
I use 200 loops to make sure my CPU is absolutely stable often :) When I am sleeping, my CPU does a huge-hard-imba work :)
man waterflex i would hate to be your cpu.work work work work....... just wondering does it ever get a break?
Nope :) I noticed:
When my pc just download smth during the whole night, the room temperature is 20-21 degrees. But there is a winter in my country, -10 degrees outdoors, so I am a little cold.
So I use CPU+Termochill+Linpack to keep up my room temp at 23-24 :lol:
I saw you saying that 15Loops are ok, taht is what i made to test my system.
Now i saw you too saying to test with prime95/OCCT.
Why ?
Is IBT not stressing the Ram too ?
Do i need to test my Ram with one of the mentioned programs too after passing 15 Loops ?
If yes which program must i use and what am i looking exactly ?
The Ram or NB ?
TNX
Personally I don't think 15 IBT passes is enough.
I always test mine with a minimum of 30 runs of IBT coupled with overnight passes of Prime95 small fft and blend (min 8 hours) for a 24/7 computer.
How many loops are really "OK" now?? Does IBT test RAM, too? Taskmanager shows that it is using a lot of memory, seems like it's all of my free memory!
So what's better to test stability? IBT oder P95? Or can I use OCCT?? I don't really trust P95, it often gives me errors, also if IBT and OCCT works "forever" without crashes or errors!!
IBT doesn`t stress RAM at all. Also it doesnt stress NB. IBT stresses CPU only.Quote:
Originally Posted by GrossmeisterB
If you want to test your RAM<-->NB you should use Windows MemTest 3.8. This small program stresses RAM and NB like hell. And finally, use OCCT/Prime to stress the whole system. Just let it run for 8 hours while you are sleeping.
Really? OK, so I will try MemTest...because P95 "small FFTs" is stable (just like IBT), but P95 custom isn't...Quote:
Originally Posted by WaterFlex
Thanks for the program. :yepp:
I will concur with the others, this is terrifying to run though. 13c Hotter than P95 for me. :shocked:
I didn't read the whole thread, so my apologies if this has already been addressed, but I do wonder about the safety of repeatedly shocking the core from 60c to 42c between tests. I goes up sooooo fast. Could this eventually lead to cracks in the die, or are CPUs simply designed to withstand this kind of torture?
You don't have to worry about those increases!! It won't hurt your CPU!!
Any news? :)
I have a small problem while launching Memtest 3.8. I launch 2 sessions when i start the test my computer starts not responding and Memtest tries to fill the swap file of the system too. I wanted to stop Memtest but there was no way to stop the 2 sessions,only a forced reboot helped.Quote:
Originally Posted by WaterFlex
Any suggestions ?
awesome program for overclockers who really care about stability of their system. i love it :p:
I started using this when I got my E8400, it works great for testing the CPU but temps start to scare me when they get into the 70s. And you need something else to test the memeory/nb, I passed 30 rounds of ITB and prime blend failed instantly until I lowered the fsb.
Wow, I honestly found prime to be a better test on my dual. I recently upgraded to a q9650 and WOW. I ran prime for a hours with no errors. I went and loaded this up and BAM BSOD. I had to bump up my VCC and now I seem to be stable (Im in the middle of a 40 run test). This test is no joke.
If prime is stable, you dont need to increase your vcore. It's unnecessary if everything is stable under prime and all other applications, but not under linpack. There isn't a thing that can bring your computer down if all your other programs work fine.
I'm rock solid under prime@4 ghz and 1.3625v (1.352v load), but linpack needs 1.375v (1.360-1.368v load) for stability. That's only because linpack heats my CPU up to around 69-71C. Nothing in the world can heat the CPU that high..do you see the point? But I would never need to run my qx9650 @ 1.375v @ 4 ghz with my TRUE (my tuniq couldnt handle the heat) as nothing would need this vcore except linpack. So 1.3625v is fine for me. (I actually use 1.35v if im not using a heavy stress game).
To keep your cpu running healthy, lower it back to what you needed for prime. But you can rest assured that when you are linpack stable, that cpu will never crash under any circumstances (as long as your RAM/northbridge is stable).
Remember the reason you crash is because linpack heated up your CPU higher than what Prime could do. No program can cause that type of stress...
I gave up on this stress test! lol too stressful, no 24 x 7 application(for home users) will ever stress the hardware like this tool does we have today....
I was actually having an issue with this test last night. I've got an e8400 @ 4.01 GHz, and I ran 10 IntelBurn Tests on it. It passed them all with flying colors; however, when I looked at the RealTemp indicator of processor load, it wasn't above 60% for the tests. All previous tests had me over 98%, and I would get up to 69C in temp. With last night's tests, I was only hitting 52. I had lowered the voltages in the BIOS to see how low they can be at 4GHz (I think I'm at about 1.3xxx vCore). I ran AoC for a while on very high settings, and did a lot of other stuff, and everything seemed to work fine. Even Prime was just fine. What would be causing the CPU to run only at 60% during the burn test? Memtest is fine as well.
For which OS is the WinPE IBT ?
What is the difference between the 2 IBT's on first page ?
I answered this in the other thread you made.
You really should ask unclewebb about this; same thing happens when I overclock my cpu, but shows 99% at stock speed.
Looks like a good tool. How does IBT compare to the much older StressCPU testing app? (which put Prime to shame several years ago by your Folding@home team) ;) And Prime stable has never been F@H stable. :P
StressCPU v2.0
Quote:
Originally Posted by Oats
What has some of us baffled is how linpack could be so stable yet prime blend will fail in just seconds until fsb lowered. I have run into this as well. This has been seen with both duals and quads. Anyone have any insights into why this is occuring?Quote:
Originally Posted by Falkentyne
Quote:
Originally Posted by Razmatazz
I beleive this is an issue with the motherboard / BIOS, as I used to fail Prrime all the time and yet I would be fine with burntest. I automatically just thought ok something is worng with prime95 and how it works with my system and all of a sudden sure enough, I was right because Asus came out with a BIOS that supposably addressed issues with prime95 erroring out and other issues with C1 stepping CPUs with their P45 motherboards... I think honestly that the burntest is the most solid tester I have come across yet. :up:
hi to all !
I have a little problem with ibt on my pc:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/770...gineflc.th.jpg
This error is not oc or settings related, defaut or oc is the same...
the only work metod is to set memory size with option n4...
my os is winxp 32bit with only 2GB ram
is a software bug.. i think :)
Hello Giux.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giux-900
You have to enable Swap File to test in Mode 1.
Ciao Giux
Devi abilitare lo Swap File o IBT ti da questo errore in Modalita' 1.
hi, thanks for fast reply !Quote:
Originally Posted by omiez
this is my file swap:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7827/immagin.th.jpg
you can
explain me the exact setting size ?
grazie :)
I love this program. It's great for quickly dialing in settings without having to Prime for 8 hours only to have it fail at something like 8 hours and 15 minutes.
Something I've noticed that seems to be a bit unique to my rig is that I very rarely see an inconsistency in the numbers, even if I'm unstable. 32-bit IntelBurnTest will either just crash or give a blue-screen, but the 64-bit version has an odd tendency to print out the "completed successfully" message after just a couple of passes, even if I set it to do something like 200. Either way lets me know I need to do more tweaking.
My personal record for longest time to detect a problem is the time I had 1 inconsistent number about 160 passes into a total run of 173. This took 3 hours, but I could have probably been running Prime for days before it failed.
I have the same problem, even at stock. Just on a clean XP SP3 install, did not mess with swapfile. How to get it running normally?Quote:
Originally Posted by Giux-900
anyone else tested this in windows 7 yet?
i'm trying it out right now.
I would recommend that anyone doing this test do it only 5 runs. It apparently puts a lot of pressure on your capacitors. I had 3 motherboards fail (2 MSI Neo's and 1 Intel EE board) after running an overnight stress test. I had thought that it was something else, but now I am beginning to think that maybe running this application in an overclocked environment for a long time could be the culprit. Best to stay prudent and run it a few runs only. It usually can find if your system is not 100% stable within the 5 runs anyway.
Updated to v1.92!
- Updated Linpack binaries to the latest (April 2009)
- Added check to make sure Linpack binaries were properly placed
Also: I've done some more personal testing... and found that a custom test memory size of 1024 MB and 5 iterations is sufficient enough for fast stability testing. Tested on Vista Ultimate X64 SP2.
For those of you with Core i7 processors, please let me know if these new binaries correctly utilize HyperThreading.
Thanks!
Good news, AgentGOD :up:
*Off-topic: Wow, that is very fast DDR2 memory you got there :eek:
According to the Task Manager, only 49-50% of the CPU is being utilized. The graphs are all crazy, one graph shows 0% in use the rest are hovering anywhere around 20%, 50%, to as high as 80%.Quote:
Originally Posted by AgentGOD
Well then, it's what Intel intended to happen on Core i7.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kougar
????Quote:
Originally Posted by AgentGOD
True, but it is possible to load all 8 threads on i7. LinX does it by launching two instances of the linpack executable simultaneously.Quote:
Originally Posted by AgentGOD
LinX doesn't use 2 instances of linpack anymoreQuote:
Originally Posted by 003
LinX loads all cores 100% using one linpack exe now since version 0.5.5.2 in Jan