IntelBurnTest - The new stress-testing program

[spiro]

Has anyone tried this with Skulltrail? I have tried it with my Skulltrail using 2 x QX9775's and I can't get it to run 5 tries without blue screening. Is this thing tested for 8 core or registered DIMMS. I had my system very stable for over 3 months at 4 Ghz ... but it won't pass even when I set everything at Default. I can't imagine Intel would release something that is unstable at default values.

My hardware is Intel D5400XS with 2 x QX9775's
4 x 2GB PC6400 Mushkin FBDIMM
PS 1200 watt Thermaltake Tough Power
HSF Thermaltake Typhoon with AS 5 (both HSF and CPU's are lapped up to grit 2500)
OS Win XP64
Active cooling on memory and MCH

[AgentGOD]

Has anyone tried this with Skulltrail? I have tried it with my Skulltrail using 2 x QX9775's and I can't get it to run 5 tries without blue screening. Is this thing tested for 8 core or registered DIMMS. I had my system very stable for over 3 months at 4 Ghz ... but it won't pass even when I set everything at Default. I can't imagine Intel would release something that is unstable at default values.

My hardware is Intel D5400XS with 2 x QX9775's
4 x 2GB PC6400 Mushkin FBDIMM
PS 1200 watt Thermaltake Tough Power
HSF Thermaltake Typhoon with AS 5 (both HSF and CPU's are lapped up to grit 2500)
OS Win XP64
Active cooling on memory and MCH

Are you monitoring your temps? If they are fine, have you tried taking out all but one stick of memory, and testing each one?

[AgentGOD]

By the way guys, the official word on compatibility is: Intel(R) LINPACK binaries will NOT run on any processor other than an Intel one.

This is unfortunate, because I'm a great AMD fan, and all of my other PCs are AMD.

[spiro]

Temps are excellent with maximum core 37C with Core Temp. I had already spent a lot of time trying to keep my temperatures under control since I planned to overclock this system. I can confirm that heat is no problem also because the HS feels relatively cool to the touch even when loaded. Has anyone tested this software with an 8 core system and FBDIMMS? I tried upping the voltage from default 1.8V to 2.0V but that didn't seem to help. I have 4 sticks of Mushkin DDR2 800Mhz which is supposed to be rock stable. I can run this machine with all other software and benchmark programs at 4.2Ghz with no problem. So I am surprised that it cannot run the benchmark at default 3.2Ghz.

[Burn]

Agent, with the latest (1.6), I see 88% usage in Vista x64 with maximum amount selected- What's up with this? I'm using it at the maximum level, too.

Going to bump this again, maybe AgentGod can chime in on it? Seems a bit strange.

[squito]

Going to bump this again, maybe AgentGod can chime in on it? Seems a bit strange.

For what it's worth, I get 94% usage here

[AgentGOD]

Going to bump this again, maybe AgentGod can chime in on it? Seems a bit strange.

You meant memory usage not being 100%, right?
We need a SMALL headroom here. See, here's what I mean... if we truly allocate 100% of free memory, your system will automatically start to resort to the page file, which we DON'T want. I left some headroom in the equation (since v1.1 beta) to stop the paging from happening.

[Great Ozzie]

Has anyone tried this with Skulltrail? I have tried it with my Skulltrail using 2 x QX9775's and I can't get it to run 5 tries without blue screening. Is this thing tested for 8 core or registered DIMMS. I had my system very stable for over 3 months at 4 Ghz ... but it won't pass even when I set everything at Default. I can't imagine Intel would release something that is unstable at default values.

My hardware is Intel D5400XS with 2 x QX9775's
4 x 2GB PC6400 Mushkin FBDIMM
PS 1200 watt Thermaltake Tough Power
HSF Thermaltake Typhoon with AS 5 (both HSF and CPU's are lapped up to grit 2500)
OS Win XP64
Active cooling on memory and MCH

I have the same problem oc'd or running stock speeds... this has been with v1.5x to current 1.6 with the Blue Screen Error Message (i've never seen before except with this):

*** Hardware Malfunction
Call your hardware vendor for support
*** The system has halted***

With the earlier versions where one could select the amount of ram to test, I could get a 5 run pass if I selected a "small" amount of memory.

Intel D5400XS with 2 x QX9775's
4 x 2GB PC6400 Mushkin FBDIMM
PCP&C 850 (stand by for grief )
Win XP Pro x64
Cooling is a little 6000btu a/c that I pipe directly into the case.

Rob O.

[jarthel]

I thought that if my ram timings are wrong or it needs for Vcore, the software should not crash but the calculations would give wrong results? and it other instances, there will be a BSOD which happened to me the 1st time I tried this software.

can someone confirm? thank you

[Rattle]

I havn't bsod running it but with not enough vcore I have rebooted in the middle of it, went up a hair or 2 and then it ran fine. i always run max also, uses about 3.75gb of ram. i have failed with certain dividers and frequencies previous thought stable. this proggy fins the weakness immediatly.

[spiro]

I have the same problem oc'd or running stock speeds... this has been with v1.5x to current 1.6 with the Blue Screen Error Message (i've never seen before except with this):

*** Hardware Malfunction
Call your hardware vendor for support
*** The system has halted***

With the earlier versions where one could select the amount of ram to test, I could get a 5 run pass if I selected a "small" amount of memory.

Intel D5400XS with 2 x QX9775's
4 x 2GB PC6400 Mushkin FBDIMM
PCP&C 850 (stand by for grief )
Win XP Pro x64
Cooling is a little 6000btu a/c that I pipe directly into the case.

Rob O.

Thanks for the reply. Yes I get the same error message. Actually on another Skulltrail motherboard I had these CPU's running 24/7 at 4.8Ghz using a custom Vapor system. But since I have decided I wanted to use this system as my everyday computer and thus the switchover to air cooling. I would really like to get some sort of utility that will give me some solid feedback on stability, and this seemed like a great utility since it works quick relative to other solutions. Is there an earlier version that would work for 8 core systems using FBDIMMS? I have a feeling that the FBDIMMS with their extra error checking cycles that are causing the problem.

[tombman]

Thanks for the reply. Yes I get the same error message. Actually on another Skulltrail motherboard I had these CPU's running 24/7 at 4.8Ghz using a custom Vapor system. But since I have decided I wanted to use this system as my everyday computer and thus the switchover to air cooling. I would really like to get some sort of utility that will give me some solid feedback on stability, and this seemed like a great utility since it works quick relative to other solutions. Is there an earlier version that would work for 8 core systems using FBDIMMS? I have a feeling that the FBDIMMS with their extra error checking cycles that are causing the problem.

Hmm, try EVEREST and check your temps. I don't think air cooling can handle 4Ghz quadcores @ full linpack load. I have highend watercooling and still get 72°C on max load on ONE QX9650@4Ghz. (1.31vcore under max load, watertemo = 35°C).

So i HIGHLY doubt any air cooler can handle that kind of heat. (and you even have two cpus, which make ambient temps even higher)

This linpack test is really hardcore, so better get watercooling, or chilled watercooling.

[Slovnaft]

well then IDK about your watercooling.
at 1.3v at 3.9ghz (on a q9450 which would probably yield 4+ on a comparably binned qx) i get absolute maxes in the low 80s on air for linpack, which, for an hour long stress test, isn't too bad imo, seeing as it barely pokes into the 50s for normal use.
I'd say with good airflow and smart voltages those procs can definitely handle this even in a skulltrail config. And i mean, this is just to declare a stable system, so high temps on this really aren't too much of an issue as long as the resid norms are consistent, at least insofar as stability.
At least give it a try.

[lowtcell]

Max stress level crashes the software on me. 1/2 stress passes no problem. I tried raising voltages on CPU and RAM but no difference. At 1/2 stress and lowered volts I get errors, why is it crashing on max load?

[tombman]

well then IDK about your watercooling.
at 1.3v at 3.9ghz (on a q9450 which would probably yield 4+ on a comparably binned qx) i get absolute maxes in the low 80s on air for linpack, which, for an hour long stress test, isn't too bad imo, seeing as it barely pokes into the 50s for normal use.

Intel .pdfs clearly state that most quadcores should not go higher than 70°C, preferably below 65°C, not higher. Over 80°C is clearly out of spec...

[Bail_w]

Max stress level crashes the software on me. 1/2 stress passes no problem. I tried raising voltages on CPU and RAM but no difference. At 1/2 stress and lowered volts I get errors, why is it crashing on max load?

Temp too high? same thing happens to me on my q6600. i can run OCCT stable 1 hour but it crash with IntelBurnTest due to excess amount of heat was put out.

[Bazman]

I ran it 10 times and my e8400 @ 4GHz passed @ 65C.

What a cooker!

[lowtcell]

Temp too high? same thing happens to me on my q6600. i can run OCCT stable 1 hour but it crash with IntelBurnTest due to excess amount of heat was put out.

No, never gets to that point. As soon as I hit enter, I get a windows "Stopped responding" pop-up and app closes.

[webwilli]

@AgentGOD

many thanks for IntelBurnTest.

we love it.

is it possible that IntelBurnTest stopps when it find an error?

we make 50 or more tests with error detection.
so, when test 25 (for example) fail, we must wait till IntelBurnTest have finished all the 50 tests.

i hope you understand what i mean.

[Cue]

Just tried this out, (recommended to me by majestik) wow the name is really firtting. 50C in real temp using intelBurn where as Everest stability test doesnt go above 41C both give 100% CPU usage. I didn't seem to get any results though it just seemed like it had hung how long does a test usually take?

[Zaskar]

Just tried this out, (recommended to me by majestik) wow the name is really firtting. 50C in real temp using intelBurn where as Everest stability test doesnt go above 41C both give 100% CPU usage. I didn't seem to get any results though it just seemed like it had hung how long does a test usually take?

Depends on howmany runs you selected in the last option. Keep Everest's stability test window open to monitor CPU core temps along a graph, you will see it peak up and down for every finished test, the IntelBurnTest window wont actually show any updates till it finishes all the runs you had it do.

[slim142]

So can I really trusth this program for stability?
I ran it 10 times and I passed, does that mean Im 100% really stable?

[jason str]

Great time saving program for overclockers, i like it.

Much better than all others in my opinion.

[loonym]

Great time saving program for overclockers, i like it.

Much better than all others in my opinion.

Right on Jason. I won't spend hours priming. I don't even like running an hour of OCCT. I can run this little app and within 5-10 minutes I can pretty much know if my system will be able to run WCG units without errors.

[slim142]

I heard from a friend at the Striker II Extreme thread that he would pass this 10 times, but while priming in less than an hour, it would fail on one core.

Hmmmm