PC back - Stress test advice

[Stephen_UK]

Hi All,

Following my PC Being returned today after having alot of WHEA Errors, and random shutdowns (Seemed like PSU), the PC Seems to be running like normal, but i would like to do some stress testing.

It was confirmed it was a faulty CPU, along with incorrect BIOS settings and windows installation.

I would like to do some basic stress tests on the PC - to ensure it doesn't happen again (although I have been on my PC for 3.5 hours without any issues, whilst before it would crash within 5minutes or so and try to reboot!)

Thanks

Stephen

 

[ubuysa]

I used OCCT to stress and stability test my recent build. It's free.

 

[TonyCarter]

I think this post was in response to the offer to walk @Stephen_UK through the stress testing process...

Assistance needed

Got a email today confirming it was a fault with the CPU- they confirmed they have tested individual parts and eventually found it to be the CPU (so potentially was also bios setting needed adjusting/ windows issues during previous testing with other processor). They have confirmed they...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[SpyderTracks]

All these tools are free, don't download any trials, they should all have a purely free version

Firstly we'd stress the CPU

Best way is to download HWMonitor from here

HWMONITOR | Softwares | CPUID

HWMonitor for Windows® x86/x64 is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, powers, currents, fans speed, utilizations, clock speeds ... The program handles : CPU and GPU-level hardware monitoring...

www.cpuid.com

Reboot the PC and have hardware monitor open on the side, then start either an OCCT or Prime95 CPU stress for 10 minutes which should saturate the AIO temps so they normalise

GIMPS - Free Prime95 software downloads - PrimeNet

GIMPS has free software available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OSX. Contribute to the effort by using your computer's spare processing power.

www.mersenne.org

OCCT in link in @ubuysa post

Then take a screenshot WHILE THE STRESS IS STILL RUNNING after about 10 minutes of as much of the expanded CPU readings including voltages and power on each core, as much of the window as you can, GPU isn't important, and upload the screenshot here

Then reboot and we can do a GPU test with HWMonitor again open on the side

FurMark Homepage

FurMark - GPU stress test and graphics card benchmark

geeks3d.com

Do the same after 10 minutes while furmark is still running but this time of the GPU readings

Then lastly we can do a simulated gaming benchmark with Heaven which will load both the CPU and GPU

UNIGINE Benchmarks

Performance benchmarks by Unigine

benchmark.unigine.com

And do the same and post screenshot of HWMonitor (CPU and GPU) after 10 minutes.

From that we can gather thermals on idle and under load on CPU / GPU and combined and obviously be sure of stability during those loads.