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December 20th, 2012 19:00
Stress Testing Programs and CPU/GPU current draws
I've been trying to find a good all-around Stress-Test program (CPU, GPU, etc. ... concurrent). To help our forum users so we can test (maxed out like a game, but without games).
HeavyLoad looks perfect, but the 3D test won't run on my system.
Note: Point HDD files to non-SSD drive and delete files in D:\HL-Temp\ after testing, because it seems to forget to do it itself.
http://www.jam-software.com/heavyload/
OCCT looks interesting, specifically, the Power Supply test (looks like it runs CPU and GPU concurrently).
Running Microsoft Security Essentials full-scan (capped at 50% CPU default), and then starting Heaven seems to be a pretty good test. It gets the CPU, HDD, and video all going pretty good at the same time.
What do you guys recommend for the ultimate whole machine stress test?
Re: Current Draw
Anyway, I had CPU-ID HW-Monitor running and I think I have 2 rails hooked up (2 cables) to 5870 (but maybe it's 3or4 ... Dell won't give me PS harness Pin-outs). On the second screen, I'm also running AllCpuMeter gadget (to watch CPU core activity ... like to see those near 90% for this)
Radeon HD5870 / Currents / CIN0
Idle = 2.32 Amps
Heaven Bench = 44.13 Amps
OCCT 3D = 55.74 Amps
Could those numbers be right? Aurora 850w PS sticker says it has Five 12v rails at 19amps each. But like I said, I have no way of knowing how many of those are dedicated to the video-card power-plugs.
I also wanted to mention, during all this messing around (maxing all CPU and GPU cores at 100%) ... I haven't have a single crash or shut-down. Sure the fans and radiator fan picks up to keep everything around 70c but that is just what I want to see.
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Tesla1856
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December 20th, 2012 20:00
After running MS-SE, Heaven, OCCT, and HeavyLoad. Value is Idle. Look at Max column.
Fans/FANIN0 is Asetek CPU cooler Radiator fan.
HD5870/Temps/TMPIN0 : I think the top hotter one is the GPU-chip, the lower one is likely the circuit board near the chip or ram.
Tesla1856
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December 21st, 2012 02:00
OCCT v4.3.2 Power Supply test looks to be the best. It tests everything concurrently. Not sure I would run this too long or un-attended. Safety cut-off for cores at 85c looks to be a good idea.
Looks like HW-Monitor is built-in, but amps for CPU and GPU are missing for some reason.
In OCCT, you can turn-on and rename TMPIN0 and FANIN0.
See Max. column
Tesla1856
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December 21st, 2012 02:00
Res. was set a notch lower (than native desktop) and 3D was running in a large window. The pic in above post was from the same run.
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December 26th, 2016 09:00
It show PCIe X 16 3.0 @ x8.1.1
Clock speed: 1506 Mhz
Memory: 2002 Mhz
Boost: 1683 Mhz
Bus: 256 bit
If you hit the lookup button, it takes you to a site with specs, the picture of the card there looks really cool, compared to the black plastic bag this one has around it.
Also, I stopped the test at 6.5 minutes, as the cpu max temp on one core had hit 100 degrees Celsius, and was averaging in the mid 90's. Still no fan speed from PSU, couldn't hear anything from inside either but the video card fan could have been going fast, not sure.
Why does support just hang up on you randomly. Or keep saying wrong dept and transfer back and forth between sales and support? I was transferred 9 times last call back and forth until they just hung up again. They say there are no managers or supervisors there, is that why they get away with it?
Tesla1856
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December 26th, 2016 12:00
I guess this is the OCCT Power-Supply-Test on one of your Aurora-R5's with small Power-Supplies and just the fan-cpu-cooler.
That seems too hot. Maybe the fans should be turning (or spinning faster) to help expel more heat from case?
On my machine all the fans pick-up a bit and keep CPU and GPU under 75c.