Benchmark/System Testing Tools
Below are links to software tools to benchmark and stress your system to check for system stability or bragging rights. Using this software may over stress and/or damage your system, use these programs at your own risk.
Monitoring/Information Tools
- Open Hardware Monitor
A free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer. - CPU-Z
freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system - GPU-Z
GPU-Z is a lightweight system utility designed to provide vital information about your video card - CrystalDiskInfo
Provides information about Hard Drives, SSD, or NVMe
Windows Benchmark / System Stress Tools
- AIDA64 Extreme
An industry-leading system information tool, loved by PC enthusiasts around the world, which provides extremely detailed information about hardware and offers benchmarks to measure the performance of the computer. - OCCT
Stability testing software - FurMark
FurMark is a lightweight but very intensive graphics card / GPU stress test - Prime65
CPU Stress Test. But actually Mersenne Prime Search Software - Cinebench R20
Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s hardware capabilities - CrystalDiskMark
Simple disk benchmark software
Linux Benchmark / System Stress Tools
Linux’s stress
or stress-ng
# Debian/Ubuntu Install sudo apt install stress sudo apt install stress-ng # RedHat/Fedora/Rocky/Alma Linux Install sudo yum install stress sudo yum install stress-ng # run tests - stress sudo stress --cpu[--io <# of IO workers> --vm <# of memory workers> --vm-bytes ] --timeout
Additional Resources for: Stress
or Stress-ng
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