Benchmarker that doesn't Crash (Advice Pls.)

Aderes Devorah · 4 Jun 2014 at 14:57

Hi all

Can anybody recommend a free graphics benchmark program that is more reliable than Heaven and 3DMark?

As far as I am aware, my graphics setup is fine and can still run all games on Ultra settings. However, these two programs just keep crashing.

I don't need anything with fancy movie clips running (unless they are necessary); just something that will "do what it says on the tin".

Best regards to all

AD

LtMatt · 4 Jun 2014 at 15:00

Aderes Devorah said:
Hi all

Can anybody recommend a free graphics benchmark program that is more reliable than Heaven and 3DMark?

As far as I am aware, my graphics setup is fine and can still run all games on Ultra settings. However, these two programs just keep crashing.

I don't need anything with fancy movie clips running (unless they are necessary); just something that will "do what it says on the tin".

Best regards to all

AD

Yes, OCCT. Copy my settings. (ignore memory usage) This will sniff out an unstable core overclock on your gpu.

OCCT detects tiny artifacts that would otherwise be hard to see whilst watching a short benchmark sequence or whist normal gaming. If it produces any errors, you know it's not fully stable.

Rroff · 4 Jun 2014 at 15:04

Never had problems with Heaven crashing when a system is stable.

thefogo · 4 Jun 2014 at 15:12

Heaven and 3DMark are very reliable in my experience.

uksoldierboy · 4 Jun 2014 at 15:19

Only time they've crashed for me is pushing to hard tbh.

Avenged7Fold · 4 Jun 2014 at 15:34

thefogo said:
Heaven and 3DMark are very reliable in my experience.

Rroff said:
Never had problems with Heaven crashing when a system is stable.

uksoldierboy said:
Only time they've crashed for me is pushing to hard tbh.

Same, use Heaven 3d mark and valley and if something gives out, it means either my GPU or my CPU isn't stable.

Kaapstad · 4 Jun 2014 at 15:59

Aderes Devorah said:
I don't need anything with fancy movie clips running (unless they are necessary); just something that will "do what it says on the tin".

Heaven and 3Dmark do exactly what it says on the tin, they test for unstable systems.

If your setup can not run these at stock settings, you really need to find out why and get it fixed ASAP before your PC crashes while you are doing something important on it.

varkanoid · 4 Jun 2014 at 18:33

ditto +1

Aderes Devorah · 4 Jun 2014 at 19:13

Cheers

Thanks guys

I'll stick Heaven back on and check all my settings.

Regards

Nickolp1974 · 4 Jun 2014 at 19:40

Kaapstad said:
Heaven and 3Dmark do exactly what it says on the tin, they test for unstable systems.

If your setup can not run these at stock settings, you really need to find out why and get it fixed ASAP before your PC crashes while you are doing something important on it.

yep +1

alex_123_fra · 4 Jun 2014 at 19:51

I once had a corrupt installation of heaven and/or windows and a fresh windows install sorted all crashes with this particular bench. Never an issue with 3Dmark.

pandem0nium · 4 Jun 2014 at 20:17

LtMatt said:
Yes, OCCT. Copy my settings. (ignore memory usage) This will sniff out an unstable core overclock on your gpu...

Good tip, I'm giving this a go now, I usually loop heaven for a while to test stability.

Why shader level 3 rather than the recommended 7 for amd gpus though?

LtMatt · 4 Jun 2014 at 20:21

pandem0nium said:
Good tip, I'm giving this a go now, I usually loop heaven for a while to test stability.

Why shader level 3 rather than the recommended 7 for amd gpus though?

Shader 3 works best apparently. I find i can pass rounds of Unigine with an unstable core but this sniffs it out in minutes. Not sure how effective it is for the memory though.

pandem0nium · 4 Jun 2014 at 20:37

Yeah, the memory is what I'm most interested in testing. It'll run heaven for ages, then blackscreen when gaming if the memory is too high.

I'm up to 1130/1580 on the 270

It won't let me put any more than 1.225 volts on the core though, which is holding it back.

Avenged7Fold · 4 Jun 2014 at 20:43

BTW crashing in game benchmarks can be down to memory errors if you clocked the fx via bus and have a sketchy memory controller. So if you know the GPU is fine, i would start looking at the CPU clock and voltages and maybe the memory.

uksoldierboy · 4 Jun 2014 at 20:58

I tried that OCCT stress test, Got a **** ton of errors on my 24/7 overclock of 1150/1500, tried maxing the voltage out in afterburner to see if that fixed it but nope, still got loads

Strange thing is though I've never once noticed anything at all in games or all the benchmarks I've used.

It's a shame Afterburner doesn't allow higher voltages than 100mv, i'd use GPU Tweak but i love all the recording and monitoring stuff you get with Afterburner.

Avenged7Fold · 4 Jun 2014 at 21:04

Have you tried the shortcut trick to get additional voltage on MSI?

This i think is for +250mv

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" /wi6,30,8d,28

pandem0nium · 4 Jun 2014 at 21:08

Avenged7Fold said:
BTW crashing in game benchmarks can be down to memory errors if you clocked the fx via bus and have a sketchy memory controller. So if you know the GPU is fine, i would start looking at the CPU clock and voltages and maybe the memory.

Yeah cheers for the suggestion. I'm pretty sure it's the vram overclock though, as knocking it down 50 hz to 1550 solved the problem. Just blackscreened at 1580, so think I've found the max safe limit of 1570.

uksoldierboy · 4 Jun 2014 at 21:08

Does that apply the voltage straight away avenged? or does it just extend the voltage range?

Avenged7Fold · 4 Jun 2014 at 21:30

I think it applies it as soon as MSI AB opens up (might apply it before it opens but that'd be odd, since the shortcut doesnt open MSI AB), though touching the slider will knock it down to 100mv again. Basically, what i quoted is the shortcut target but double clicking the shortcut wont open anything. To open MSI AB i have to use the shortcut and then open MSI AB normally, if i want to apply the +250mv.