Program to "stress" CPU please?

[stockhausen]

A few years ago, when I was more involved in such things, I used to use some piece of software to "stress" the CPU when I was trying to see how far I could push systems I was building. As well as loading the CPU, it continuously performed calculations and checked the results, thereby indicating if there was a problem at a particular bus frequency. I run Everest Ultimate Ed'n v4 to keep an eye on temperatures.

I can't remember what it was called (? Orthos ?) and there is probably something better about nowadays; can anyone please offer any suitable suggestions?

I am currently running Memtest86+ v2.11 to test the RAM.


Ta very muchly

 

[PermaBanned]

Prime95

 

[reflux]

OCCT. Use Real Temp for temperatures.

 

[pastymuncher]

Intel Burn Test (IBT).

 

[mithrandir]

I tend to use

Linx
IBT (IntelBurnTest)
OCCT

Less of:
Prime95
Orthos
wPrime

I find LinX and IBT really gives the cpu a good hiding.

 

[Combat Fighter]

Prime95

+ 1

 

[Gaidin109]

I use them all, which probably just means I'm obsessed with temps and volts (at least my wife says so.)

 

[stockhausen]

Intel Burn Test (IBT).

I have an Athlon 64; IBT is probably designed to 'nuke' AMD CPUs

Thanks to all for all suggestions

 

[Ryan111]

IBT give the most heat out of of all other tests IMO, but prime 95 is better for long term stability. Use IBT for a megga stress maximum heat then 24 hours of prime

 

[mmj_uk]

LinX is a very good stability tester.

 

[Mattus]

LinX for max heat, Prime95 for a longer stability test.

Orthos was used when dual-cores came out because Prime95 could only do one core. Now Prime95 can do lots of cores.

 

[boldenc]

+1 for LinX, IBT is buggy with i7