Benchmark/system monitor programs

[Steve]

Hey guys so now that I got my i7 up I'm looking for some idea's for good programs to monitor/bench my system.

Idea's?

 

[iSeize]

pour water on it.

 

[Steve]

HAR HAR HAR

SO FUNNY! ITS LIKE LEROY IS TELLING JOKES AGAIN !!

 

[r3volution]

3DMark06
3DMark Vantage
Uningine Heaven for DX11

 

[dead mike]

speedfan for temps (never actually use it to control fan speed though), i run it all day long in the notification area by the clock.

 

[r3volution]

Oh, CPU-Z and GPU-Z are good monitors too.

 

[Keeripes!]

prime95
Crysis benchmarking tool (You know this one)
There is a Zip/Rar related one, but I can't remember the name.

 

[DrUgZ]

Prime 95 is the only way to go. they have a multiple core x64 version so make sure you get the right one. also to monitor all of my core temps and not have some big fuckin application running i use coretemp. it's tiny and it shows the temp of your cores and can monitor fan rpm and whatnot. i just keep it in the system tray.

I would run a prime95 stress test overnight and see if your machine is locked up in the morning. if it isnt, you have a solid machine. if it does, you may have some tweaking to do.

memtest86 is also good for testing your memory to make sure you dont have a bad stick. better to check that shit while you can still RMA.

 

[dead mike]

prime 95 is sick cpu is topping out at 43 Celsius, its got some informative readmes im gonna check them out myself a bit later

 

[Hinouchi]

there's another one call intelburntest. good for stressing out cpu to the max.