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What is the program named IBT
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In fairness it might not have. No hits on the first four pages for "ibt" here, pretty common combination of letters.
It's a popular stress test as it tends to uncover instability faster than prime 95, and even the most patient of us aren't that keen on 8+ hours per test. Note that a system can be prime stable but fail intel burn test, and that a system can be ibt stable but fail prime. You want both really.
It's a popular stress test as it tends to uncover instability faster than prime 95, and even the most patient of us aren't that keen on 8+ hours per test. Note that a system can be prime stable but fail intel burn test, and that a system can be ibt stable but fail prime. You want both really.
Having just started using IBT, I have to say, I'm not a great fan, although it's probably fine if you don't want to use your PC at the same time - it slows it down significantly, which I guess is its point, to some extent anyway - and I prefer to be able to use my PC while stress-testing. So I'm now just using it for a few minutes to get peak temperature and then various Primes, which is very bad of me really, but hey.
Edit: Lowering the priority of its 'stress thread' seems to sort that out, by the way.
Edit: Lowering the priority of its 'stress thread' seems to sort that out, by the way.
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I'm not trying to game at the same time, I'm trying to web browse, trying to use Word. They really don't detract sufficiently from the stress test that my system is no longer being stressed effectively.
Edit: It may actually have been a conflict between GPU folding and IBT running at the same time
, pausing GPU folding prevented a slowdown when stressing with IBT.
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When running the stress test, you shouldn't run anything else if at all possible.
Basically if you're using 5% of your CPU on your web browser, that 5% isn't producing as much heat/working as hard as it could be due to the nature of the work it's doing. As such, your stress test may think it's stable but your system won't stand up to the strain.
tbh, for testing a stock system after building it, you'll probably be fine - but if you're overclocking, I'd really try to give it an overnight test with nothing else running whatsoever.
Basically if you're using 5% of your CPU on your web browser, that 5% isn't producing as much heat/working as hard as it could be due to the nature of the work it's doing. As such, your stress test may think it's stable but your system won't stand up to the strain.
tbh, for testing a stock system after building it, you'll probably be fine - but if you're overclocking, I'd really try to give it an overnight test with nothing else running whatsoever.
