Faster way to determine OC stability

[techquestion]

Is there a faster way than prime95 to stress test an overclocked amd fx 8320?

I clocked mine up to a very mild 4.4 on auto voltage and it passed a couple of tests in prime95 so I thought it'd be remain stable over a 12 hour run, then I got a rounding error after 6 hours.

So I lowered it to an even milder 4.2 on auto and then that failed after abt 8 hours. If I could determine instability a tad earlier it would save me a lot of time, any other faster but equally reliable tests?

PS; I will start messing with voltage after I find the highest clock on stock voltage. But I need to pass a prime95 to do that and it taking ages to pass is eating up a lot of time.

 

[Anonymouselite5]

Prime 95 is good for testing for stability over long periods of time, and that's what most likely your cpu will be doing while gaming.
So I still say prime95 takes a long time but is one of the most effective over time.

You can try other programs such as:
AIDA64
passmark burn in test http://www.passmark.com/products/bit.htm
Cinebench

Although personally they gave the same results as prime95 anyway.
Personally stress testing and making sure it is stable will always be a long process.
Not to mention you also have to test full stability in game.

-good luck

 

[4Ryan6]

www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2345618/reaching-cpu-overclocking-stability.html

 

[techquestion]

Well after 12 hours of prime95 I got 4.2 stable at 1.2875 cpu voltage with ~54-58 core temps and ~67-71 socket temps. )Mostly the lower temp except for a dew time during the test that it would spike and then go back down.)