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Please recommend some free benchmarking tools.

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Whenever I read reviews for CPUs, I see the reviewers use a lot of software that is not free. What are some good tools I can use to benchmark my CPUs to compare them to the scores the online reviewers got?

I am looking for popular tools which other people use so I can directly compare my scores to that of everyone else - not some 3rd party unknown stuff.

I am specifically interested in gaming benchmarks (cpu only) not video card, but off course I want to benchmark how well the CPU performs for common daily software tasks such as Photoshop, Office Suite, etc, etc.
 
Use the tool "Prime95" with the option "Blend" if you really want to stress test you CPU.
 
My first option would be Asus RealBench, all based in realworld scenarios. also Cinebench and Frybench both also excellent choices.. PassMark Performance Test isn't free but have a Trial period enough to do a lot of test, is good for test overall system performance in all kind of workloads. about the guy above P95 isn't a benchmark and isn't even any more any proof of stability in fact it can be dangerous from haswell onward, ignore it.
 
Outbreaker said:
Use the tool "Prime95" with the option "Blend" if you really want to stress test you CPU.
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... Unless you have a Haswell/Skylake CPU, in which case it introduces voltage problems that can cause dramatic heat spiking and even damage your system.
 
Aida64 has multiple cpu/fpu/memory benchmark tools, and also includes different reference systems you can compare to.
 
I consider a stable overclocked CPU if it can handle "Prime95" with the option "Blend".
A CPU should run all the software than can run on stock settings.
 
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Outbreaker said:
I consider a stable overclocked CPU if it can handle "Prime95" with the option "Blend".
A CPU should run all the software than can run on stock settings.
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P95 blend test is far of being as stressful as small FFT test . And P95 can crash or BSOD even any actual CPU at stock configuration, that program is hell outdated and no longer mean any reliability for stability with modern CPUs.. actually are other programs like Asus realbench that will expose instabilities way faster and more reliable than prime95..
 
I did run Prime95 and Blend/FFT with my i7-4770K for almost an hour without any problems and the CPU was at 78C max with a Custom Air Cooler (NH-U12S).
And according to the news sites the new Skylake CPUs should run cooler with AVX which was a problem with the Haswell CPUs when overclocking.
 
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It's not about checking stability after an overlock for me... It's about being able to compare just how my overclocked CPU stacks up against other CPUs in the same price range or higher.
 
Cinebench R15 has always been a good one, but it is not test that lasts for hours upon hours.
 
lazz said:
... Unless you have a Haswell/Skylake CPU, in which case it introduces voltage problems that can cause dramatic heat spiking and even damage your system.
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Yep, this is true.
I use an old Version 25.11 build 2 to test my 6600K.
It has been very faithful at proving when my CPU and memory are not stable such that I havent had to use anything else, to my surprise.
(I use my PC for gaming, not encoding video etc, so cant vouch for long term stability under those conditions)


New builds give way higher temps and voltage as you said.
 
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