Downloads:

3,128

Downloads of v 29.4.5:

1,825

Last Update:

26 Nov 2017

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • George Woltman

Tags:

prime95 stress test burn-in portable

Prime95 (Portable)

29.4.5 | Updated: 26 Nov 2017

Downloads:

3,128

Downloads of v 29.4.5:

1,825

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • George Woltman

Tags:

prime95 stress test burn-in portable

Prime95 (Portable) 29.4.5

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Details

To install Prime95 (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Prime95 (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Prime95 (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Enter your internal repository url

(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)

4. Choose your deployment method:


choco upgrade prime95.portable -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade prime95.portable -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode


- name: Ensure prime95.portable installed
  win_chocolatey:
    name: prime95.portable
    state: present
    version: 29.4.5
    source: STEP 3 URL

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.

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chocolatey_package 'prime95.portable' do
  action    :install
  version  '29.4.5'
  source   'STEP 3 URL'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
    Name: prime95.portable,
    Version: 29.4.5,
    Source: STEP 3 URL
);

Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.


cChocoPackageInstaller prime95.portable
{
   Name     = 'prime95.portable'
   Ensure   = 'Present'
   Version  = '29.4.5'
   Source   = 'STEP 3 URL'
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'prime95.portable':
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  ensure   => '29.4.5',
  source   => 'STEP 3 URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


salt '*' chocolatey.install prime95.portable version="29.4.5" source="STEP 3 URL"

See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.

5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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This package is likely a meta/virtual (*) or an installer (*.install) or portable (*.portable) application package.

  • Meta/virtual (*) - has a dependency on the *.install or the *.portable package - it is provided for discoverability and for other packages to take a dependency on.
  • Portable (*.portable/*.commandline (deprecated naming convention)/*.tool (deprecated naming convention)) - usually zips or archives that require no administrative access to install.
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Learn more about chocolatey's distinction of installed versus portable apps and/or learn about this kind of package.

This package was approved as a trusted package on 02 Jul 2018.

Description

Screenshot of Prime95

CPU Stress / Torture Testing

Prime95 has been a popular choice for stress / torture testing a CPU since it's introduction, especially with overclockers and system builders. Since the software makes heavy use of the processor's integer and floating point instructions, it feeds the processor a consistent and verifiable workload to test the stability of the CPU and the L1/L2/L3 processor cache. Additionally, it uses all of the cores of a multi-CPU / multi-core system to ensure a high-load stress test environment.

From the most recent "stress.txt" file included in the download:

Today's computers are not perfect. Even brand new systems from major manufacturers can have hidden flaws. If any of several key components such as CPU, memory, cooling, etc. are not up to spec, it can lead to incorrect calculations and/or unexplained system crashes.

Overclocking is the practice of increasing the speed of the CPU and/or memory to make a machine faster at little cost. Typically, overclocking involves pushing a machine past its limits and then backing off just a little bit.

For these reasons, both non-overclockers and overclockers need programs that test the stability of their computers. This is done by running programs that put a heavy load on the computer. Though not originally designed for this purpose, this program is one of a few programs that are excellent at stress testing a computer.

The Prime95 Wikipedia page has an excellent overview on using Prime95 to test your system and ensure it is working properly. The tips presented there should be helpful regarding how long to run the torture test and provide a solid guideline on how long to run the Prime95 stress test.

Performing a stress test is simple:

  1. Download the software and unzip the files to your desired location. (Chocolatey does that for you!)
  2. Run the Prime95 executable and select "Just Stress Testing" when asked.
  3. The default options are sufficient to do a well balanced stress test on the system.

PACKAGE NOTES

tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1 
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName  = 'prime95.portable' 
$toolsDir     = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url          = 'https://www.mersenne.org/ftp_root/gimps/p95v294b5.win32.zip'
$checksum     = 'A83FBD233AFD7AEC59CE0DF191E742BA22185FE85B0F13C3FF057DBD9FD7F3D9'
$url64        = 'https://www.mersenne.org/ftp_root/gimps/p95v294b5.win64.zip'
$checksum64   = '849735A66C5BAA80D4AAE6C5A65ABE91AD0F877CBDEC615026DA85E8EF4FA41E'
$ExeFile      = 'prime95.exe'
$ShortcutName = 'Prime95'

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $packageName
  unzipLocation = $toolsDir
  fileType      = 'ZIP' 
  url           = $url
  url64         = $url64
  checksum      = $checksum
  checksumType  = 'sha256' 
  checksum64    = $checksum64
  checksumType64= 'sha256'  
}

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs

Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$env:Public\Desktop\$ShortcutName.lnk" -targetPath "$env:ChocolateyInstall\lib\$packageName\tools\$ExeFile"
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$ShortcutName.lnk" -targetPath "$toolsDir\$ExeFile" -WorkingDirectory "$toolsDir"
tools\chocolateyuninstall.ps1 
$packageName= 'prime95.portable'
$ShortcutName = 'Prime95'

if((get-process "prime95" -ea SilentlyContinue) -eq $Null){ 
        Write-Host  "prime95 not running. (Good!)" 
}
else{ 
    Write-Host  "Stopping Prime95..."
    Stop-Process -processname "prime95"
    Start-Sleep -s 3
 }

remove-item "$env:Public\Desktop\$ShortcutName.lnk" -Force -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue'
remove-item "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$ShortcutName.lnk" -Force -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue'

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Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Prime95 (Portable) 29.4.5 1825 Sunday, November 26, 2017 Approved
Prime95 (Portable) 28.9.20161009 601 Sunday, October 9, 2016 Approved
Prime95 (Portable) 28.9 340 Sunday, August 21, 2016 Approved
Prime95 (Portable) 28.7 362 Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Approved

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