Intel Burn Test 1.92 Any Good?

[Yamcha]

Hey guys,

I've been surfing around and found the Intel Burn Test, according to the manual it says:

1. More accurate than Prime95 Small FFTs/Blend.
2. Takes less time to tell if your CPU/RAM is unstable than Prime95 (usually
something like 8 minutes Linpack vs 40 hours under Prime95).
3. Use the same stress-testing engine that Intel uses to test their products
before they are packed and put on shelves for sale.

So is it true? or should I avoid this and stick to prime 95?

[Delavan]

Good question!
I can't wait to find out what the answer is!

[enaberif]

Some say yes.
Some say no.

I personally do not like it.

[JD]

I prefer LinX myself for Linpack testing. Better GUI/options.

I find it fails much faster than Prime95, but that's just one man's opinion...

[Ogdin]

I find folding@home the best cpu stability test i've ever run. Ive had OCCT run for hours,and Prime will run without hickups,but fire up F@h and if its shakey its lucky to run for 5 min. I still like Prime if i'm testing cpu+ram testing though.

[geokilla]

I'm not fond of Intel's Burn Test either. I just run 2 to 3 hours of OCCT plus some Memtest, then I call myself stable. Some may say it's not stable, but we all have our definition of what's stable.

There is a good thing about Intel's Burn Test. It creates EXCESSIVE heat for the CPU.

[gingerbee]

don't likey at all

[SKYMTL]

I'm not too crazy about it either. It is GREAT for testing heatsink performance but other than that? Not so much.

IMO, a good stability test is never just one program. Rather, you need to use a combination of programs such as Prime 95 and OCCT. Even though it might be perfectly stable in both of those, is it 3D stable? That is a huge question for gamers as me and many other people have run Prime / OCCT for hours on end without an error and then fire up 3DMark or a game and...BAM, instability.

I would suggest you check out some of the motherboard reviews here at HWC and read the Testing Methodology section where we cover what we consider "stable".

[HuttFuzz]

FYI, i use LinX (which is Intel Burn Test), for about 20 passes. Then i do Prime95 Blend for 2 hours and when i have time i will run Prime95 Small FFT overnight. That is a good mix.

Throw in some benchmark like 3dMark and you can't be better.

[rjbarker]

LinX Linpack 0.5.8 - All Available Memory - 25 passes
P95 Blend overnight to 10 hrs

If I pass both, i'm solid.