OC testing question

[Kenpachi219]

What test on 3D Mark do people usually run to try and get stable clocks , is the paid version the likely the option?

[_I_]

prime95 blend for 15+min or til temps level off

or for a gpu oc, use gpuz render test

either will actually show any errors instead of continuing without showing any problems

[Kenpachi219]

Gotcha thanks got a beast new 3080ti ftw 3 the power limit is massive , first time trying out more serious overclocking.

[Cathulhu]

For GPU i'd use Furmark. That really tortures GPUs.

[mtono]

Originally posted by Kenpachi219:

What test on 3D Mark do people usually run to try and get stable clocks , is the paid version the likely the option?

i say yes...if the 3dmark stress test runs well, any game should. the stress test is part of the paid version and runs for an hour or so(20 times the same test software). i believe in 3dmark, because i am sure that it tests correctly a pc for a gamer. i have used prime95 etc once too, but i think 3dmark is better. since i bought it, i dont want to miss it anymore.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by owl rly?:

Originally posted by Kenpachi219:

What test on 3D Mark do people usually run to try and get stable clocks , is the paid version the likely the option?

i say yes...if the 3dmark stress test runs well,

EDMark is for benchmarking not stress testing. Something like Furmark as mentioned by Cathulhu in post #2 is a stresstest for GPUs.

Only reason to use £Dmark is to see how well the card performs. If thats what you want do a run first for baseline before overclocking.

Benchmark with 3DMark before any overclocking
Overclock and stress test Furmark or similar
Benchmark 3dMark to see how much better the Overclock performs compared to the original settings

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Don't need 3dmark. Waste of time really.

Just use Prime95 for CPU
And MSI Kombuster for GPU

[Yew Nough]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Don't need 3dmark. Waste of time really.

Just use Prime95 for CPU
And MSI Kombuster for GPU

^This^ (Furmark also)

3dMark doesn't give you meaningful information outside of a vague 'score' and an average FPS.

There are too many free applications that do a better job than 3dMark.

Also (while we're at it)
If you want to test RAM OC speed=MaxxMEM2
HDD speed=CrystalDiskMark

[Soulreaver]

I personaly would recommend Look for common OC's for your card and then go for demanding areas in different games. I found a Lot of Games that pushed my GPU wattage more consistently to its limit than any sinthetic Benchmark. You can use Nvidia overlay to see voltage wattage and so on. Tbh this is a bit tedious because you initially need to find those areas and those games (different engines are differently good in GPU utilization) and newer Games are not necessarily better in GPU utilization but if you got one or two of those games you are in general set and sound and your OC can handle evey game.

After that I would go for the 3d Mark and see how it handles those fluctuations. But never had any problems in the last step because in general its less power needed so might also be pointless its just what I do.

And you want to find a way to measure your not core GPU core temps. GPU-Z might be an option but some manufacturers also got their own software to measure those different sensors. Often Core Temp can be 20°C less than the temps measured on other sensors and in general you would not want to exceed 90°C on any of them. Although I wouldn't want to exceed 80°C because you never know when a thermalpad goes a bit bad and you might want some headroom.

[Monk]

Personally I don't use torture tests, I run a suite of benchmarks and gaming to get real world numbers, a torture test is just that, the most extreme option possible and isn't really providing any real world numbers.

Mind you, I've only been able to get some of the highest performance in the world out of my hardware over the past couple decades so I could be totally wrong.

Use heaven, for a first tier if it doesn't pass here, its fubar, same for if you notice any issues at all.

Then I tend to run firestrike, watch for issues, monitor numbers and loads, same for time spy.

Usually, if there are no issues here ol move onto gaming which will mostly be fine.

I've found fo76 kicks easily with unstable cpu or gpu clocks, overwatch loading into the test area hits ram hard and warzone hits pretty much everything.

Following this tends to get me stable and fast.

I've ran cpu oc's for several years without faults that fail prime95 which isn't a realistic load.

Unless you are doing critical work, I wouldn't bother with torture tests and if you are, DON'T OVERCLOCK.

[mtono]

hi,
i am sorry. the 3dmark stresstest, which is not the benchmark test and can only be used, if you paid for it, delivers all the information you may need(gpu temperature/cpu temperature/gpu clock/ cpu clock...etc) after the test is completed. they have 8 different stress tests, that can check your pc very well...overclocked or not. i dont think 3dmark is obsolete.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by mtono:

hi,
i am sorry. the 3dmark stresstest, which is not the benchmark test and can only be used, if you paid for it, delivers all the information you may need(gpu temperature/cpu temperature/gpu clock/ cpu clock...etc) after the test is completed. they have 8 different stress tests, that can check your pc very well...overclocked or not. i dont think 3dmark is obsolete.

No stress tests, Benchmarks,features tests but no stress tests. Yes I own it.

3DMark is for gamers, overclockers and system builders who want to get more out of their hardware. With its wide range of benchmark tests[/ui], 3DMark has everything you need to test your PC's performance

Buy 3DMark
Includes 16 items: 3DMark, 3DMark Port Royal upgrade, 3DMark Time Spy upgrade, 3DMark Wild Life benchmarks, 3DMark Night Raid benchmark, 3DMark Fire Strike benchmarks, 3DMark CPU Profile benchmarks, 3DMark Mesh Shader feature test, 3DMark PCI Express feature test, 3DMark VRS feature test, 3DMark Sky Diver benchmark, 3DMark Cloud Gate benchmark, 3DMark Ice Storm benchmarks, 3DMark API Overhead feature test, VRMark Preview, 3DMark Sampler Feedback feature test

None of the above are Stress tests. Just do a Ctrl+F and try searching for Stresstest it is NOT found once because 3dMark is not a Stresstest application

[mtono]

if you read the text on the website, you can see the word "stress test", which 3dmark is including in the paid version. i dont want to be offensive.

https://benchmarks.ul.com/3dmark

[Monk]

3dmark has stress tests and I'd say they are far more useful than torture tests like fur mark and prime95 are for real world performance.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by mtono:

if you read the text on the website, you can see the word "stress test", which 3dmark is including in the paid version. i dont want to be offensive.

https://benchmarks.ul.com/3dmark

My apologises. Not updated the Store page to reflect the Stresstest additions and I clearly haven't used it in that long I never noticed.

[Guydodge]

im with some others here i never use benchmarking myself i run demanding games.
i prefer real world applications.and depending on your CPU you may not need it
with that card.its a beast