Should I run Prime 95 on my new PC?

[SuperAxilla]

So, on the feedback forum where I purchased my new desktop, some of the members want me to rum the Prime 95 "Torture" stress test. Also the "Speed Fan", "Memtest" and "Furmark", and post pics of the setup. The other tests I'm not so concerned about but running the Prime 95, I am. I don't want to fry anything. So should I do it? Would it be safe and for how long should I run it? I'm posting the initial specs below, but the wireless was changed to external and the Power supply was changed to a 1000W Raidmax. I would appreciate any advice on this. Thanks.

 

CARE2: CoolerMaster Thermal Fusion 400 Extreme Performance CPU - Thermal Compound Optimized for Thermal Dissipation

CARE3: Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chassis - Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System

CAS: Thermaltake Level 10GT Full Tower Wide Body Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window (Black Color)

CD: LG UH12LS28K 12X Blu-Ray Player & DVDRW Combo Drive (BLACK COLOR)

COOLANT: Standard Coolant

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011

CS_FAN: Maximum 120MM Color Case Cooling Fans for your selected case (Blue Color)

FA_HDD: Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System (1 x System)

FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)

FLASHMEDIA: PPA External Combo USB 2.0 Hub & Card Reader/Writer

HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

HDD2: 60 GB ADATA S511 SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 550MB/s Read & 500MB/s Write (Single Drive)

IEEE_CARD: IEEE 1394 CARD AND DRIVER

IUSB: Internal USB 3.0 4-Port Hub

MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Quad Channel Memory (Kingston HyperX)

MONITOR: 27" Widescreen 1920x1080 Sceptre X270W-1080P LCD Display w/ Built-in Speaker, DVI, & HDMI-Input

MOTHERBOARD: * (3-Way SLI Support) Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ UEFI DualBIOS, Dolby Home Theater 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 4 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI

NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

NOISEREDUCE1: Sound Absorbing Foam on Side, Top And Bottom panels

NOISEREDUCE2: Power Supply Gasket

NOISEREDUCE3: Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts

OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)

OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more)

POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready (changed to 1000AE Raidmax)

SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

TEMP: None

TUNING: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel

USB: PPA External Combo USB 2.0 Hub & Card Reader/Writer

USBX: NZXT Internal USB 6-PORT Expansion Module

VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card (Major Brand Powered by AMD)

WNC: 802.11b/g/n 300 Mbps Wireless Card + External Dual 2.4G 7 Dbi Omni-Directional High Gain Antenna

[hoofhearted4]

judging by the fact you went through a website to build your PC and just copied and pasted the info they gave you, id have to assume your not very knowledgeable about PCs? anyways, your PC with the asetek CPU cooler, should be fine non the less. as those are damn good closed loop liquid coolers.

 

as for how long you run it, all depends. some people only run it for 30 minutes to and hour. others swear that you should run it for 24 hours to get complete results.

Edited April 5, 2012 by hoofhearted4

[SuperAxilla]

Yeah, I copied and pasted (at least most of it. Keyboard & all that irrelevant, and probably half of the specs anyway, like the "care" & sound" etc.). While I understand most of it, I'm not at all that knowledgeable with PC hardware. The extent of my knowledge is basically....well.....I can identify the components. A month ago I probably couldn't. With this build, I'm kinda hoping to learn more it about so I can eventually get into upgrading myself, DIY, Overclocking, etc. Well see how that goes :rolleyes: I'll probably run it for 3 hours. It just makes me nervous. I know I should do it to make sure it will handle a load, but still with a name like "torture test", yeah it makes me nervous :blush:

 

So far it's 30 minutes in and using Coretemp, out of all four it's max has been at 50c. Says Maximum Tj is 100c. I don't know if that's good on an i7 3820 or what.

[hoofhearted4]

you dont want it to go over 80C. thats not its limit or anything, but thats kinda of the de facto limit people want it to reach. obviously less is better.

 

 

also, you posted in the other thread about seeing FPS. download FRAPS. its free, and it can show you your FPS in game, as well as record and capture gameplay (though ive never used it for anything other then FPS monitoring)

[SuperAxilla]

Thanks. It seems to be stabilizing now at a max of 53c (bouncing from 49-51) & I'll probably let it run for an hour yet. Yeah, I'm curious to see what my FPS runs while I'm playing TES 5. I'll definitely download FRAPS then. It'll be interesting to see what they actually run at compared to what the manufacturer says. Should be pretty high with the 7970 I would imagine.

[hoofhearted4]

once again, Skyrim is a CPU intensive game, not a GPU intensive game. you have a good Quad Core CPU so thats where you will get your Frames from, not so much your GPU. but yes, the 7970 is way more then enough for Skyrim

 

 

just out of curiosity, if you dont mind me asking. how much did you buy for your PC? and where did you buy it? ibuypower or something?

[SuperAxilla]

No I don't mind at all. But yeah, I know I probably overpaid quite a bit.It's a Gamer Infinity 8800 Pro SE from Cyberpower. They seemed much more affordable and it ran just over $2500. Which I didn't mind. I tweaked several things and figured since I wasn't comfortable even attempting to build my own rig, I went with them. Overpriced a bit but it was worth it knowing that I wouldn't take a chance of blowing myself up. Overall, for the 7970, the i7 3820, the level 10 GT and all the other little add-ons, it wasn't too bad. In their reviews, there's a lot of complaining about shipping times and tech support, but for me, it came in super quick and tech support has been extremely helpful.

 

It did alright on the test, I think. Shows it passed everything and my max temp was 54c on 3 and 52c on one. About 4 hours. So next I guess I'll run Furmark, although I don't really see the need if I have a brand new 7970. Talk about being nervous, though.

[hoofhearted4]

yea, i mean had you built it yourself you probably could have saved a few hundred dollars. plus you could have gotten less overkill. but its done, and there is nothing wrong with what you got. its deff a good system

 

building a PC is actually extremely easy. the thing you have to be the most careful with is setting the CPU and applying the thermal paste and heatsink correctly. the rest of it is pretty much idiot proof. i mean cables and stuff are designed to only go in one way.

Edited April 6, 2012 by hoofhearted4

[SuperAxilla]

I know. Still, it was one of those things where my laptop was degrading and I needed something quick. Also running an internet business on it. Tax write off :thumbsup: I think what gets me about building my own, is the fact that I don't know basic general compatibility and configuring enough to try it. But I intend to learn it. Maybe by upgrading some smaller components here and there to learn more about them. I missed the boat growing up on PC's. I think the year after I graduated HS, they started switching over to computers.

[hoofhearted4]

I know. Still, it was one of those things where my laptop was degrading and I needed something quick. Also running an internet business on it. Tax write off :thumbsup: I think what gets me about building my own, is the fact that I don't know basic general compatibility and configuring enough to try it. But I intend to learn it. Maybe by upgrading some smaller components here and there to learn more about them. I missed the boat growing up on PC's. I think the year after I graduated HS, they started switching over to computers.

 

im self taught. i had a PC growing up but it was just a crappy home computer. not until last summer did i know anything about PCs. watched a s*** ton of videos, how to build PCs, what to look for, reviews, benchmarks, comparisons, forums, everything. i started taking classes at a local community college for Computer Tech, but by the time i had hard ware i already knew how to completely build a computer and i knew all the hard ware and everything, never even having touched the inside of one before, because of all the videos and stuff i watched.....i still have yet to build my own (because of money) but i hope to this summer.