Reliable?

Andy7 · 30 Aug 2015 at 21:11

How reliable is Intel Burn Test?

mickyflinn · 30 Aug 2015 at 22:23

As good as prime 95 but use both.

andybird123 · 30 Aug 2015 at 22:50

What for?
The new intel chips hate both and will never get as hot in real usage so you are better off using something like realbench

troops · 31 Aug 2015 at 00:47

For a quick indication of stability that's all.

Tephnos · 31 Aug 2015 at 00:50

Isn't using Prime95 on the newer chips bad?

Just use AIDA64.

remy87 · 31 Aug 2015 at 01:51

I find that even with stable real bench you will need to use some kind of gaming bench to be gaming stable.
My system was rock solid with real bench and aida and memtest in windows but failed within 20min in valley. Upping the cpu voltage by 0.010v solved it for me luckily.

traveyb · 31 Aug 2015 at 11:05

To quote 8 Pack, just use your PC! Run a few benches and play some games

pastymuncher · 31 Aug 2015 at 13:47

Tephnos said:
Isn't using Prime95 on the newer chips bad?

Just use AIDA64.

That's equally bad. Anything that uses AVX coding will absolutely hammer and force Haswell (not sure if it's the same with Skylake) to pull a extra 0.1v if using offset or adaptive voltage. Aida 64, IBT, Linx, Prime, OCCT and probably a few others all use AVX. Just use Asus Real Bench initially to stress test and then try some intensive games and make any necessary adjustments.

setter · 31 Aug 2015 at 17:29

Ivybridge, haswell and skylake will hit very high temps with ibt, certain versions of 95 or indeed aida with AVX. Even a soldered 2011 chip gets pretty toasty with theese programs. Real bench is the best to use if stress testing.