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).

http://www.ocbase.com/

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.