Prime95 Rounding Errors

MatteRB26

MatteRB26

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So I've got my Ryzen 5 3600 running at 4.2ghz with a manual OC at 1.3v. My PC has had no issues so far from gaming to programming etc. Not so much as a stutter. Out of curiosity I decided to run Prime95 to see how hot my temps were and it maxes out at 70C but I get a couple of rounding errors after about 1 second, then it runs on fine without a hiccup.

How important are these two errors? Should I really worry...? Apart from that my system is running perfectly fine. It's not like it hit 100C and shut down or anything.
 
If I'm not mistaken, if the system doesn't stall or crash, blue/black screen, etc. Then under most circumstances, you'll be fine and it's nothing to worry about.

On the other hand, if you run anything that requires precision number crunching, then those rounding errors are going to be a problem. Typically, there are three possible causes for this if it's not temperature related, it's usually power related to the CPU/RAM/Chipset that's causing this problem. Upping the voltage (very, very, VERY) slightly on one/all of these should stop the issue.
 
Meddling-Monk said:
If I'm not mistaken, if the system doesn't stall or crash, blue/black screen, etc. Then under most circumstances, you'll be fine and it's nothing to worry about.

On the other hand, if you run anything that requires precision number crunching, then those rounding errors are going to be a problem. Typically, there are three possible causes for this if it's not temperature related, it's usually power related to the CPU/RAM/Chipset that's causing this problem. Upping the voltage (very, very, VERY) slightly on one/all of these should stop the issue.
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Well that's good to hear at least. There's no stalling or blue screens (I did when I pushed my ram too high far). My ram is currently running 3400mhz CL16 with 1.45v.

I think I'll leave it until it becomes an actual problem. I don't get issues running benchmarks or anything, this is the first sign of instability so far.

My PSU is coming onto 8 years old this year, Corsair TX650 but had no signs of that failing.
 
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