Benchmarking software for Windows 10

Cromulent · 22 Sep 2016 at 19:54

I'm not normally really into benchmarking my computers but I've just ordered a new gaming laptop and I want to make sure that it works OK. So can anyone recommend some decent gaming benchmarking software for Windows 10 at all? I just want to stress test the machine to make sure it doesn't overheat or anything like that and to make sure that it is running stable. I won't be playing that many games on it but the ones I will be playing are pretty intense. I'm also somewhat worried about cooling because it is a very high end laptop and I don't want to find out in a couple of months that it is overheating when I try out a new game on it.

Any help is appreciated

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wedrum · 22 Sep 2016 at 19:58

3dmark

Cromulent · 22 Sep 2016 at 20:37

wedrum said:
3dmark

Cool thanks

. Are there any others or is that all I need to give my laptop a decent work out?

wedrum · 22 Sep 2016 at 20:54

that will test cpu and gpu

Rensin · 22 Sep 2016 at 20:59

Have read the tomb raider benchmark will give your gpu a good run.
AIDA64 for CPU.

demonix · 23 Sep 2016 at 17:25

Unigine Valley and Unigine Heaven.

jpaul · 23 Sep 2016 at 22:35

you can look at review sites like notebook check
eg MSI Dragon

which has stress benchmark references and documentation eg

When under unrealistic maximum loads (Prime95 + FurMark), we were able to record a surface temperature of 49 C on the bottom rear of the unit.

so you can checkout whether thermal paste mods or fan mods are effective

Cromulent · 25 Sep 2016 at 14:19

demonix said:
Unigine Valley and Unigine Heaven.

Ah! I knew there were some others that I was thinking of. Thanks for reminding me. I'll download them and get them running to see how things perform.