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ozar

Member

From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Overclocking and Benchmarking Applications

Hey guys, what applications are you using for stressing and testing any machines that you've overclocked?

I've looked at the following applications and/or live CD/DVDs, but I'm wondering if there is something else worth trying?

StressLinux (liveCD)
Phoronix-Test-Suite (apps and the liveDVD)
Inquisitor (liveCD)
Stress (application)
CPUburn (application)

Windows seems to have mounds of such software, but I'm not finding a lot for Linux, and I don't run Windows, so that's out.

Thanks for any suggestions! 

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oz

tomd123

Developer

Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 565

Re: Overclocking and Benchmarking Applications

Those stress tests are good, but I like to take a more real world approach.

For benchmarking a system, I usually tar xf linuxkernel, make (with make allyesconfig). Timing each step. Of course this may not be the best option for benchmarking a system. Maybe running software mode 3d programs would be better for benchmarking those kinds of things, since they will be probably more cpu intensive.