Longest Prime95 torture test before error

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What is the longest you have run a torture test for before receiving an error? E.g. if you had stopped the test one minute earlier you may have considered it prime stable.
 
Dunno. Done a few 24h Prime Blend tests. A few have over-run - not by a lot though.

I've had it both ways with PRIME and IBT. One passes with flying colours and the other fails and vice versa. They stress different things.

I thought people were advising for Intel users to stay off Prime these days?
 
They are. I would use a test that stresses all the controllers on the Cpu like real bench. Intel recommend Xtu which I often use with say heaven also running.
 
I haven't tested with P95 since Bloomfield. However, I've had an x264 stress test fail after 6 hours.
 
Just use Real Bench them just use PC as normal you'll sharp find out if you are stable, that's all l do now.

Can't remember the last time l used P95.
 
I've ran the likes of real bench overnight error free and had games like WoW lock up within minutes, I don't put much faith in any of the benching software now.
 
8 Pack said:
They are. I would use a test that stresses all the controllers on the Cpu like real bench. Intel recommend Xtu which I often use with say heaven also running.
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How long do you advise running Realbench for if your testing for CPU stability?

I'm my noob experiences I've had more success with 8hrs of Prime 95 than with Real Bench. But maybe I didn't run it long enough?
 
Ayahuasca said:
I've ran the likes of real bench overnight error free and had games like WoW lock up within minutes, I don't put much faith in any of the benching software now.
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If people have speedstep and all sleep states disabled then stress testers work. They are pretty hopeless otherwise though.

Just because a CPU is stable at it's full clock doesn't mean it will be stable at it's intermediate clocks which get used in moderate load situations. This is why stress testers pass a CPU (at full load), then it will quickly fall over in a game once a more 'dynamic' load is present and the clocks/vcore drop. For a gaming rig running games is the only real test of stability.
 
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