What software should I use to test hardware?

DR_Pingu · 14 Dec 2014 at 20:59

Ranging from RAM to GFX, and anything else as I don't really have a clue. I've not put my PC under any stress as of yet and am not fully comfortable (being a noob and all) with putting a potentially heavy load on it until I see how my PC copes with benching softwares.

Cheers

cliffo88 · 14 Dec 2014 at 21:12

For ram: http://memtest.org

For graphics you could lots of things, 3d mark and unigine are popular.

The crysis benchmark tool is an old favourite too.

Edit: other useful stuff...prime95, core temp/real temp, gpu-z, cpu-z....can't think of anything else

DR_Pingu · 14 Dec 2014 at 21:15

Thank you cliffo

Do you need to test 1 stick at a time with the RAM or can you do it with both in at the same time?

cliffo88 · 14 Dec 2014 at 21:22

One at a time will be best, it's mostly used for fault finding though, not something I'd bother doing for the fun of it.

What are trying to do?

ReCoN1989 · 15 Dec 2014 at 18:50

IntelBurnTest, is a pretty punishing stress test for the CPU. May be of interest if you want to test stability and max temps.

m4cc45 · 15 Dec 2014 at 19:00

Memtest will test all sticks and report the failed stick - it does it systematically.

M.

Elevon · 15 Dec 2014 at 19:10

FurMark for GPU stress test,http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/ .

DR_Pingu · 15 Dec 2014 at 20:11

Thanks guys.

I'm just looking to see that my system operates within the 'norm' temps that air-cooled systems typically do.

I've ran it on Unigine Valley (2576 score) on 1920x1080 on max settings. GPU never went above 58 @100% as well. CPU I believe ran about 60. (temps in Celsius just in case anybody needs to know)