[leejsmith]

i use sandra burnin to test because it records the results while doing the test.

i tried toast but the temps didnt get as high as sandra.

combine this with a water probe , room temp probe and cpu probe under the cpu it should provide all the informaton needed.

mbm can do the same but it's limited to a thousand records.

i look for (cpu probe - room temp) and (cpu probe - water temp) for my results.

i agree with the bucket test very easy to do.

normaly i let the system sit at idle for 1 hour and then run sandra burnin for 1 hour. taking temp readings at the begining of idle ,begining load and end of load.

i test againts a maze 3 and will do 3 tests on each alternating the blocks each time.

at the end you can copy and past the sandra results into note pad and name the file based on block and room temp.

example

SiSoftware Sandra

Run 1 executing...
Board Temperature : 24.0°C (Min 24.0°C; Avg 24.0°C; Max 24.0°C)
CPU Temperature : 36.5°C (Min 36.5°C; Avg 36.5°C; Max 36.5°C)
CPU Fan Speed : 2948rpm (Min 2948rpm; Avg 2948rpm; Max 2948rpm)
CPU Core Voltage : 1.62V (Min 1.62V; Avg 1.62V; Max 1.62V)
CPU Core Power : 87W (Min 87W; Avg 87W; Max 87W)
CPU Cooling System Thermal Resistance : 0.14°C/W (Min 0.14°C/W; Avg 0.14°C/W; Max 0.14°C/W)
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark : Started on 10 June 2003 at 21:47:13...
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark : Finished on 10 June 2003 at 21:47:55.

Run 2 executing...
Board Temperature : 24.0°C (Min 24.0°C; Avg 24.0°C; Max 24.0°C)
CPU Temperature : 39.5°C (Min 36.5°C; Avg 38.0°C; Max 39.5°C)
CPU Fan Speed : 2948rpm (Min 2948rpm; Avg 2948rpm; Max 2948rpm)
CPU Core Voltage : 1.60V (Min 1.60V; Avg 1.61V; Max 1.62V)
CPU Core Power : 85W (Min 85W; Avg 86W; Max 87W)
CPU Cooling System Thermal Resistance : 0.18°C/W (Min 0.14°C/W; Avg 0.16°C/W; Max 0.18°C/W)
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark : Started on 10 June 2003 at 21:47:55...
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark : Finished on 10 June 2003 at 21:48:37.

Run 3 executing...
Board Temperature : 25.0°C (Min 24.0°C; Avg 24.3°C; Max 25.0°C)
CPU Temperature : 38.5°C (Min 36.5°C; Avg 38.2°C; Max 39.5°C)
CPU Fan Speed : 2948rpm (Min 2948rpm; Avg 2948rpm; Max 2948rpm)
CPU Core Voltage : 1.55V (Min 1.55V; Avg 1.59V; Max 1.62V)
CPU Core Power : 80W (Min 80W; Avg 84W; Max 87W)
CPU Cooling System Thermal Resistance : 0.17°C/W (Min 0.14°C/W; Avg 0.17°C/W; Max 0.18°C/W)
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark : Started on 10 June 2003 at 21:48:37...
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark : Finished on 10 June 2003 at 21:49:18.

Run 4 executing...
Board Temperature : 25.0°C (Min 24.0°C; Avg 24.5°C; Max 25.0°C)
CPU Temperature : 41.0°C (Min 36.5°C; Avg 38.9°C; Max 41.0°C)
CPU Fan Speed : 2909rpm (Min 2909rpm; Avg 2938rpm; Max 2948rpm)
CPU Core Voltage : 1.54V (Min 1.54V; Avg 1.58V; Max 1.62V)
CPU Core Power : 78W (Min 78W; Avg 82W; Max 87W)
CPU Cooling System Thermal Resistance : 0.20°C/W (Min 0.14°C/W; Avg 0.18°C/W; Max 0.20°C/W)
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark : Started on 10 June 2003 at 21:49:18...
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark : Finished on 10 June 2003 at 21:50:00.

Run 5 executing...
Board Temperature : 25.0°C (Min 24.0°C; Avg 24.6°C; Max 25.0°C)
CPU Temperature : 41.0°C (Min 36.5°C; Avg 39.3°C; Max 41.0°C)
CPU Fan Speed : 2948rpm (Min 2909rpm; Avg 2940rpm; Max 2948rpm)
CPU Core Voltage : 1.57V (Min 1.54V; Avg 1.57V; Max 1.62V)
CPU Core Power : 81W (Min 78W; Avg 82W; Max 87W)
CPU Cooling System Thermal Resistance : 0.20°C/W (Min 0.14°C/W; Avg 0.18°C/W; Max 0.20°C/W)
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark : Started on 10 June 2003 at 21:50:00...
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark : Finished on 10 June 2003 at 21:50:41.

Burn-in Wizard
Finished Successfully : Yes