Prime95 & FurMark

How to run Prime95 & FurMark

If you are having some issues with your system, you can often pinpoint the route of the issue by completing stress tests, this will help indicate whether or not the issue is hardware of software related and if hardware, where the issue is coming from.

Please try running the following 2 programs and tests to see if any cause your PC to freeze or reboot:

Prime95 (https://www.guru3d.com/files-get/prime95-download,3.html)

- Run the 'large FFT' test for 1 hour.

- Run the 'Blend' test for 1 hour.

Furmark (https://geeks3d.com/dl/get/589)

- Run the GPU stress test for 2 hours..

If none of the above tests cause a freeze or reboot, run the Prime95 'Blend' and 'Furmark' (GPU stress) at the same time for 2 hours.

Please note, these programs are used to test the system to enable us to know where the issue is coming from. These tests do not fix the PC but enable us to direct our troubleshooting to fix it.