HCI Memtest deluxe - taking forever?

[sakerfalcon]

I am currently trying to test this system's stability. Although it passes LinX 20 passes at full memory problem size, it will consistently fail Prime95 about 4+ hours in. I suspect it may have to do with the IMC, as individually these sticks all pass HCI (non-deluxe).

The computer config is:

Intel i7-3960x @ 4.8ghz
Asus Rampage IV Extreme
64gb Crucial Ballistix Sport @ 1600 mhz 9-9-9-24-2N
Samsung 830 256gb SSD

Booting off the CD for HCI memtest, it seems to be very slow in its % coverage process. On average it makes 1% coverage progress per hour. At this rate, to check all 64gb of memory to 100%, it'd take a little bit more than 4 days, and to 1000% coverage, more than a month. (41 days?)

I have set it to just boot to CD and I haven't issued any commands, and it automatically starts testing the memory. Is it not using all the cores/threads to test the memory? Is there commands which I need to issue to make it go faster? I recall it being faster to do so in Windows 7 with the free version using 17 separate processes checking ~3500mb each - roughly from 400% to 140% coverage depending on process after 28 hours. Currently this is progress a little bit over 17 hours in -

 

[cyclone3d]

Yeah, that is normal for the boot CD. I noticed it going "slow" as well. Guessing it is not multithreaded.

Either that or the CPU is running at it's slowest speed. What happens if you turn of all CPU power saving options in the BIOS and run it?

It is a lot quicker to just do it in Windows as you have already noticed.

If it didn't show up any problems with the Windows version, then the RAM is fine.