What is a good stress test software that isnt Prime95?

[Schytheron]

Hi, I recently got myself a 6700K and I wanted to see the load temps on it. I need to stress test my CPU, but I dont want to use Prime95 since ive heard that it tortures your PC to the point where it gets dangerous. I want a stress test that simulates normal everyday usage... like running a CPU demanding game or something of that degree. So what is a good software for this?

 

[gbb0330]

i use aida64 extreme
good for stress testing and general information.

http://www.aida64.com/downloads

 

[Schytheron]

i use aida64 extreme
good for stress testing and general information.

http://www.aida64.com/downloads

Are you confusing AIDA64 benchmarks with stress tests? I have AIDA64 and all I see in the menu are benchmarks.

EDIT: NVM, I found a stability tester utility in AIDA64

 

[gbb0330]

i use aida64 extreme
good for stress testing and general information.

http://www.aida64.com/downloads

Are you confusing AIDA64 benchmarks with stress tests? I have AIDA64 and all I see in the menu are benchmarks.

click tools -> system stability test

 

[mrmike_49]

Stress test bad! Use MSI Afterburner to monitor during game play. If overclocking, raise freq until you start to get "WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR" crashes DURING GAME PLAY, then lower freq

 

[norseman4]

Stress test bad! Use MSI Afterburner to monitor during game play. If overclocking, raise freq until you start to get "WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR" crashes DURING GAME PLAY, then lower freq

Crash during a game (possibly at a very bad time), or crash in a controlled environment where it would only affect you? Passing stress tests ensure your OC is stable.

 

[mrmike_49]

Stress test is exactly that, a stress, generally bad for the PC. Crash during a game, just reload last save. Stress test is worst case, different games may run at different speeds successfully, faster than cpu can run during stress test

 

[Schytheron]

Just ran a stress test in AIDA64 for 30 minutes. Max temp was 45 degrees celsius. Im impressed... thats a pretty good temp...right?

 

[synphul]

Another decent stress test is asus rog realbench. Good all around test for cpu, gpu and memory in heavy real world scenarios that other focused stress tests can miss.

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?43233-Realbench-v2-Discussion-Thread-Download-Links

 

[dfk]

This is a good thread to read for testing load temps: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html