Intel Burn Test Utility

http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBur...load-2047.html

Be careful with this thing. My max under load on my Wolfdale 500fsb @ 4Ghz under Prime is like 52C.

Burn Test got temps up to 70C.

Have been using this for a while. Absolutely the best tool for stability and thermal testing.

wow, so it seems like it stresses the CPU even more so than prime, awesome for a test that is short.

SilverSilver, can you also run burn test and then prime (within the same time frame) and tell us the temp difference if there is any? thanks.

Burn Test versus Prime results in some 20C difference for me. I don't get above 54C in Prime or Orthos. With Burn Test, I was getting 74ish last time I ran it.

What I like about it, is no waiting several hours to test absolute stability with Orthos or Prime. I do a 10 test run with Intel Burn test and it tells me in minutes whether or not I am stable.

I really didnt see my temps go that much higher using Burn Test over Prime95. Maybe 5c. Am I using this right? I mean, it's not a complicated piece of software to use either. Selected to use all memory and run 10 tests. Highest temp I saw was 66c. Under prime i'll see 55-60c depending on room temp.

Sound like a good tool for a quick stability test.

I almost hit 80c, P95 was 64c

whoa, those high temps makes me nervous, I agree it is such an awesome stability test that stresses your core harder for under 10 mins.

Just worries me how the temps are so high, prime runs it at 100%, what can this burn test be doing to push it even further than this?

Originally Posted by dennisjai

whoa, those high temps makes me nervous, I agree it is such an awesome stability test that stresses your core harder for under 10 mins.

Just worries me how the temps are so high, prime runs it at 100%, what can this burn test be doing to push it even further than this?

It explains in that thread what this does different. It's not that it stresses the CPU "more" -- it stresses it in a more efficient and consistent manner. The technical methods behind this are lost to me though.

Originally Posted by dennisjai

whoa, those high temps makes me nervous, I agree it is such an awesome stability test that stresses your core harder for under 10 mins.

Just worries me how the temps are so high, prime runs it at 100%, what can this burn test be doing to push it even further than this?

Thing to keep in mind is that the CPU running at 100% does not mean its working its getting completely utilized. It just means that its doing what it can with the current code as fast as possible. And more often than not, that code is not completely optimized for the platform, for example you can write an app that does X=X+1 forever and it can max out the CPU at "100%", however its certainly not making full use of the CPU. Prime95 is written to run on a variety of CPUs, this burn test was designed with Intel libraries, from Intel, so you can presume that this really is getting everything possible from modern Intel CPUs at least as far as Intel engineers are concerned. This is finally a true torture test for a lot of people who are concerned with stability. I tested my CPU for ~5 days straight at 3.4 using Prime95, OCCT, and a couple other things, deemed it stable, then was running it at 3.3GHz for some extra headroom. This burn test bombs out on 3.4GHz before getting through 10 passes, and causes problems at 3.3GHz unless I up the voltage a lot (Prime will run forever @ 3.3GHz, stock volts).

Ive passed this around for a few friends OCing various setups. Almost all of them who thought they were really pushing the limits had this blow up in their face. Also one guy refuses to run this because he "doesn't trust the app" when really he just doesn't want anything to show him that his precious OC might not be stable.

For people that want to really put their system to the test, run this on a 64 bit OS, max RAM allocation, 50 passes. That seems to be a much more significant test compared to Prime95 for any length of time, though both have their places. Also the best way to determine stability in an OC is to use a variety of tool such as this, Prime95, Memtest, Furmark...

This is what Intel uses to test their CPUs in the factory (it's a repackaged version of Linpack), so it's definitely the best tool to test your stability.

Whoa...

I think I'll stick with Orthos tyvm Would like a little more pride in my temps! Well, she's been rock solid for me.

Haha, I blue screened 10 seconds in... Dont care though, i have NEVER had a problem in 6 months under normal conditions. That being said, the point of this is again?

btw, my Q6600 is at 9x334 @ 1.29375v in the BIOS. I know its cause my vcore is really low, but like i said, i have NEVER crashed under normal circumstances.

Originally Posted by criccio

That being said, the point of this is again?

If your system can survive this, it can survive pretty much any type of load. That's the point.

9c over Prime95.

Originally Posted by Zero82z

If your system can survive this, it can survive pretty much any type of load. That's the point.

So in my situation, the only thing that crashes my computer is that app... so if i just dont run it, im fine. easy enough...

I wonder how it stacks up to CoreDamage

Originally Posted by criccio

So in my situation, the only thing that crashes my computer is that app... so if i just dont run it, im fine. easy enough...

Realistically, this will stress your system much more than anything else you might run, so it isn't that big of a deal if it fails this app. That said, for people looking for absolute stability, this is a much better tool than Prime.

I have been using this test for a few days now and it has been nothing but great. I no longer have to prime all day, all it takes is a few minutes and im set. Oh and under water (pa120.3, fuzion) my e8600 reaches 67c at 4.2ghz w/ 1.26 vcore.

It definately beats having to wait hours for Prime when you're getting down to those last, few changes in your overclock. It sucked having to wait a couple hours because you dropped vCore by .0125 volts.