What stress test software have you tried?Will there ever be an official tool that can test for the degraded processors?
Got a 14700K back in November and it seems to be fine. Have tried to undervolt it from day 1 so hopefully that has helped. But who knows about the future performance.
If you are waiting on something official from Intel my advice would be not to hold your breath.Will there ever be an official tool that can test for the degraded processors?
Got a 14700K back in November and it seems to be fine. Have tried to undervolt it from day 1 so hopefully that has helped. But who knows about the future performance.
What stress test software have you tried?
Write a script to do 10GB 7z compression and decompression concurrently, for a few hours. Easy to do.Is there some specific test that is more definitive?
Maybe AMD will release one?If you are waiting on something official from Intel my advice would be not to hold your breath.
I believe CoreCycler would be a good one to use for these CPUs. All core loads that peg the CPU hard at a constant voltage state don't seem to reveal the problem. Variable loads with variable voltages put sporadically across the cores would.The few that reportedly show the problem - Nvidia installer, Cinebench R23, etc. Is there some specific test that is more definitive?
I've had some weird crashes in games but they have been few and far between. Nothing of any consistency.
It won't try to set PBO on an Intel CPU, will it???I believe CoreCycler would be a good one to use for these CPUs.
I actually believe someone would be serious if they said a couple 7z tests should be sufficient.Based on Wendell's results, if the 7z tests can make it through a few times, CPU should be good to go. This one is said part tongue and cheek part serious: Use it to run a Minecraft server.
As has already been mentioned, some of these unstable Raptor Lakes can go for some time on constant workloads without error. Then you try to do a shader compilation and it just crashes.I actually believe someone would be serious if they said a couple 7z tests should be sufficient. These are the times we live in. People no longer stress test for hours with a varied array of tests.
That's why you use a collection of stress tests over a long period of time.As has already been mentioned, some of these unstable Raptor Lakes can go for some time on constant workloads without error. Then you try to do a shader compilation and it just crashes.
Shouldn't be required for stock settings. If users have to do this, Intel should send out the CPU for free and wait for the user to test and return if failed or give them the money if it passes. Honor code.That's why you use a collection of stress tests over a long period of time.
It takes effort.
It might. You can make it work harder by changing the options and it restarts with the heavier workload.I know 7-Zip has a built-in benchmark tool but not sure if it pushes the CPU enough
I actually believe someone would be serious if they said a couple 7z tests should be sufficient.
These are the times we live in. People no longer stress test for hours with a varied array of tests. They want to have something quick and then forget about it.
TBH I've never heard of anyone using 7zip or shader compilation for stability testing on an overclock, much less a stock CPU. Prime95, linpack, wprime, ycruncher, Cinebench, sure. Though from what I've heard some of these Raptor Lakes might also trip up on ycruncher.That's why you use a collection of stress tests over a long period of time.
It takes effort.
Money isn't the issue. It's seeing that much get emptied from my account in one go!This proposal may sound radical, but hear me out. What if you saved the money for 4 months then bought it?
Because there never was a CPU so bad that it reliably failed in those two tests and on a grand scale too. There is no way that Intel didn't know what it was shipping. They knew they messed up and decided to tide it over through the customer support scumminess they are exhibiting right now to genuine owners of their defective products.TBH I've never heard of anyone using 7zip or shader compilation for stability testing on an overclock
Intel is a big company. It is likely some at Intel knew and were screaming bloody murder but they got labeled "Negative Nancies" and were ignored in favor of those with a more positive outlook.There is no way that Intel didn't know what it was shipping.
Imagine being that guy literally every day. That's me in my current job, for the past 16 years...I once discovered a nationwide issue at my company that was causing real problems. It only got solved because I had the perseverance to endure 2 full days of people telling me it was a local issue (my fault) because no one else in the entire country was complaining. I found the problem in 5 minutes after our excellent operators noticed the irregularities but it took 2 days of frustration and dozens of phone calls to finally reach the engineer who made the coding mistake. Only thanks I got was to be the first to try the new beta software with the fix.