Quote Originally Posted by jonny_ftm View Post
OCCT 2.x in CPU mode uses same algorithm as prime95, but it is much more optimized and better multithreading. The FFT are iterations from 8-64k in OCCT while Prime95 stops at 32k (could be a plus or less as 64k will be out of the CPU cache)
OCCT v2.x in CPU mode in my comparisions testing will give the same temp as Prime95 small FFT but it will be reached much quicker.

Using OCCT in custom mode is a bad idea. It will make iterations between the CPU mode and the RAM mode at regular intervals. You can see it with an oscilloscopic temp curve on the cores (OCCT 2.x I talk about)




F@H will make a stress on the whole system, including the RAM and NB. Hangs ups won't be CPU only related. And F@H can't load a CPU hotter than Prime95. Also, far better than F@H at loading the whole CPU-NB-RAM system is OCCT v2.x in RAM mode.

Linpack could be a great tool, but only in its 64bit edition. The 32bits edition, in my testings, doesn't stand up to OCCT or Prime95, even with the excessive heat generated.

Finally, I'm not sure TAT really gives so much heat. I thought it was some "software simulation" of a 100% TDP state of the CPU, where all other programs, including Prime95 won't exceed maybe the 80-85% TDP of the CPU

All this was largely discussed in the "Intel" subsection of the forum. Maybe it's better to continue debating there if you like. Just make a search before. there are great topics discussing all this and whereI also posted comparision curves
Yeah im not gonna debate anymore, but SMP stresses my cpu only.
Almost 0 ram usage according to windows taskmanager.