IntelBurnTest Puts the Burn to Your Intel Rig

Not sure if it's just me who's noticed or not, but SP2004, Prime95 and others seem to be wearing a bit thin. They are still effective in getting the job done, but we need a new face to look at, and something that promises to be even more effective than the applications before it. Thanks to our friend Kougar, we now know of a new stress-tester that looks to become our favorite new tool in our lab.

'IntelBurnTest' promises to be much more accurate than Prime95's Small FFTs/Blend test, takes less time to tell you if your overclocks are unstable (nice benefit) and also that it uses the exact same stress-testing engine that Intel themselves use to test their products.

Once opened, the app will ask you a few basic questions, such as how strenuous you want the test to be, and also how many times you want to run it. As you can see below, it's a command-line-based application (I have it emulated in Linux there), but that idea shouldn't scare you. It looks to be incredibly powerful and well worth your time if you want a reliable stress-tester.

Linpack by Intel(R) is an extremely stressful program that will put even the most powerful X86/X64 CPU in the world at its knees. Load temp under Linpack will be up to 22*C higher than the competing software Prime95. This program will make usage of Linpack easier and more practical.

Source: IntelBurnTest Download Page