Prime95 Alternatives

Prime95 is described as 'Program that searches for new Mersenne prime numbers. It is commonly used as a stability test for overclocked computers' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Prime95 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Prime95 alternative is OCCT, which is free. Other great apps like Prime95 are Geekbench, Cinebench, UNIGINE Benchmarks and Furmark.

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  1. Tyler's Frame Machine is a simple, free, educational, small, cross-platform, and portable tool for testing, benchmarking, calibration, framerate comparison, and demonstration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • WebGL
     
  2. HeavyLoad icon
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    The individual test methods employed by HeavyLoad can be customized to fit your needs. Can stress test CPU, hard disk, memory and GPU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Linpack is a benchmark and the most aggressive stress testing software available today. Best used to test stability of overclocked PCs. Linpack tends to crash unstable PCs in a shorter period of time compared to other stress testing applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. LinX icon
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    LinX is a graphical interface for Linpack, a benchmark designed to measure CPU performance. Linpack is also a very useful tool for checking the stability of a CPU. LinX features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. System Stability Tester - Test your system's stability and performance by calculating millions of digits of Pi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. SuperPI icon
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    Super PI is a single threaded benchmark that calculates pi to a specific number of digits. It uses the Gauss-Legendre algorithm and is a Windows port of a program used by Yasumasa Kanada in 1995 to compute pi to 232 digits.

    11 SuperPI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Cpukiller icon
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    CPUKILLER is a software capable of slowing down your computer up to 99% permitting you to run old software.

    11 Cpukiller alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. An advanced tool for monitoring your iPhone and iPad performance.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9.  Like

    UnixBench is the original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite, updated and revised by many people over the years.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
  10. StressMyPC is stress testing software, to do a PC stability test ergo computer stress test at fully load of the hardware.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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