IntelBurnTest - The new stress-testing program

[rge]

I also am BurnTest stable times 20 iterations but fail out in Prime95 in less than a minute. Very modest overclock from default 3.2 GHz to 3.4 GHz. I am running 64-bit Vista. Not sure what's up here. Voltages are the same running both BurnTest and Prime95.

I had same problem with original linpack in previous thread with orthos/prime showing error long before linpack did.

However, using newer libraries here and probably more importantly using setting 1 which forces max memory usage, I found the opposite that intelburntest is more efficient than orthos/prime.

But anything that prevents max memory usage, at least on my setup, makes intelburntest worthless, including using any setting but 1.

Pic is with vcore set to 4 notches below stable, where orthos 10ffts, prime small usually errors out by an hour or less. Linpack setting 3 passing 10 passes. Linpack setting 1 would not even pass two consective passes...fails every pass, output is like a random number generator. prime small ffts 15 mins and still going.

Would be interesting to see pics of what memory usage you are using...whether it is that or just very different for different components.

[AgentGOD]

Yes, as I've said before, using the maximum amount of memory possible to test gives the most accurate test.

[Geebs]

Yes, as I've said before, using the maximum amount of memory possible to test gives the most accurate test.

I just wanted to say thank you agent God. this software is very good at heating up my cpu, and it has seriously reduced the time i need to find out if i am stable or not...

Thanks again

[wongnog]

I just wanted to say thank you agent God. this software is very good at heating up my cpu, and it has seriously reduced the time i need to find out if i am stable or not...

Thanks again

Same here! I find doing a quick run of 5 tests on min RAM sufficient to very quickly identify if a system is unstable or not. In seconds I can see that the residuals are off, or worse I get a BSOD. I was having a hard time overclocking my Q6600, it could post at 400x9 but no amounts of VCore could make it stable. Just doing one run of this program spike the core temp to over 90°C and instant BSOD/reboot. I think I identified an OC "hole" or "limit" or whatever you call it at that point, but when I dropped the multiplier I was rock solid at 425x8. From there it was sooo fast to determine minimum voltages, right now my P5Q-E is running VCore 1.40625, PLL 1.56, VTT 1.22, VDimm 1.88, and NB Core 1.28. 20 runs max ram stable temps peak at 88°C but the system never runs that hot outside of this program.