Is Aida64 stress test reliable?

[Minty649]

Hey guys, I was just wondering if the Aida64 stress test is reliable? I'm overclocking my fx8350 and have managed to get it to 4.7ghz on stock voltage. Either aida64 isn't pushing it enough or I just got a good chip

Build:

CPU: fx8350
GPU: R9 280X
PSU: EVGA Supernova 750w
Mobo: asus sabertooth 990fx
CPU cooler: noctua NH-D15

Thanks

 

[RavenXXX2]

I have been aida stable only for the cpu to blue screen in games. I find realbench a better test.

 

[Craig321]

I would try a combination if you are going to stress test - Prime95, AIDA, Intel burn test.

Honestly, I don't bother stress testing. Just using your PC as normal, maybe run a particularly intensive game after a new overclock. If it's stable, it's stable

 

[Minty649]

Yeah I stressed test 4.8ghz on aida64 for half an hour there with no problems, got into far cry and the computer froze

 

[koooowweeee]

I would try a combination if you are going to stress test - Prime95, AIDA, Intel burn test.

Honestly, I don't bother stress testing. Just using your PC as normal, maybe run a particularly intensive game after a new overclock. If it's stable, it's stable

This is what I do. I run prime for around 20 mins then carry on as normal. Once I get a BSOD I up the volts a little then carry on

 

[Justintime]

Prime95 for cpu, my rationale is if it can't run prime when overclocked but can run it at stock then theres something wrong, to those that disagree, fair enough but doesn't make sense to me, its obviously not stable and theres a chance it can fail due to undervolting or overheating depending on why prime failed.

AIDA has no proven to be worth anything to be honest to me in regards to stability testing, it can run all day when prime fails in seconds. I do 16-24hrs of prime blend and never ever have stability problems. all of my builds can run small ffts for half an hour without throttling.

 

[Hagar]

ASUS Realbench for me. Prime used to be good for single dual and early quad core testing . For recent quad hex and octo core from either Intel or AMD it is too prohibitive and proves little.

A good realbench session followed by 10 runs of IBT oh high to punish the CPU is all that is really needed. Possibly only the former really. Then run some games and see if it does bluescreen etc. In my experience never.

When overclocking, you should bench your highest clock then ramp it back a couple of notches for daily use.

Prime only benches the CPU, other parts may fail due to stress so you should test the complete system

 

[Ayahuasca]

I've ran multiple stress tests for hours before and remained stable yet crashed in games after a few minutes.

I usually don't run stress tests anymore and just use my PC as I would normally and see if anything is amiss.