Prime95

2012-04-05, 13:45

I downloaded and registered this program to run tests to assess and evaluate my computer (cpu temps, in particular).

But, there's almost no intuitive info given. How is anyone expected to interpret the info or the settings unless they studied this program?!?

There's no FAQ or help that I can see. Nothing usable.

Maybe someone can explain how to use this program and exactly what you're supposed to do with it?!?

I just want info on my cpu temps and state of my processsor.

TObject · 2012-04-05, 14:24

If you downloaded the official package, there should be a stress.txt file in the same directory with the executable.

bcp19 · 2012-04-05, 15:26

Also remember that the stress test will also check your memory, so any problems could be from that instead of your CPU.

petrw1 · 2012-04-05, 15:50

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Originally Posted by TObject

If you downloaded the official package, there should be a stress.txt file in the same directory with the executable.

And read the readme.txt and then the undoc.txt

cheesehead · 2012-04-05, 17:26

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

I downloaded and registered this program to run tests to assess and evaluate my computer (cpu temps, in particular).

But, there's almost no intuitive info given. How is anyone expected to interpret the info or the settings unless they studied this program?!?

There's no FAQ or help that I can see. Nothing usable.

It's been a standard convention for a couple of decades that software distributions include a "readme.txt" file as the starting point for users to read.

Did you download just the bare prime95.exe executable file, or one of the zipped distributions containing prime95.exe plus other files? The latter should include readme.txt, stress.txt and undoc.txt, as noted by TObject and petrw1.

Dubslow · 2012-04-05, 18:59

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

I just want info on my cpu temps and state of my processsor.

Keep in mind that Prime95 was never designed for nor ever claimed to show you these things. You'll have to download separate programs for these; for "state", if you mean workload, you can view that in Task Manager. To see your temps, I recommend a program called HWMonitor.

flashjh · 2012-04-06, 03:19

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

...I just want info on my cpu temps and state of my processsor

CoreTemp works great for the CPU temps, as for the state of your processor, you're unregistered, so we can't tell you what state your processor is in ;)

jasong · 2012-04-06, 15:32

sounds to me like you were in a hurry and downloaded something you didn't actually need.

Remember, haste makes waste.

xilman · 2012-04-06, 16:50

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Originally Posted by jasong

sounds to me like you were in a hurry and downloaded something you didn't actually need.

Remember, haste makes waste.

But he who hesitates is lost.

R.D. Silverman · 2012-04-06, 16:55

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Originally Posted by xilman

But he who hesitates is lost.

So are those who fail to read the documentation, along with those who
discuss a subject without ever studying it.

lycorn · 2012-04-06, 20:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by R.D. Silverman

So are those who fail to read the documentation, along with those who
discuss a subject without ever studying it.

2012-04-05, 13:45	#1
Unregistered 2³·859 Posts	Prime95 I downloaded and registered this program to run tests to assess and evaluate my computer (cpu temps, in particular). But, there's almost no intuitive info given. How is anyone expected to interpret the info or the settings unless they studied this program?!? There's no FAQ or help that I can see. Nothing usable. Maybe someone can explain how to use this program and exactly what you're supposed to do with it?!? I just want info on my cpu temps and state of my processsor.

2012-04-05, 14:24	#2
TObject Feb 2012 3⁴×5 Posts	If you downloaded the official package, there should be a stress.txt file in the same directory with the executable.

2012-04-05, 15:26	#3
bcp19 Oct 2011 679₁₀ Posts	Also remember that the stress test will also check your memory, so any problems could be from that instead of your CPU.

2012-04-06, 15:32	#8
jasong "Jason Goatcher" Mar 2005 3×7×167 Posts	sounds to me like you were in a hurry and downloaded something you didn't actually need. Remember, haste makes waste.