Prime95
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Prime95 is a program that searches for new Mersenne prime numbers. It is commonly used as a stability test for overclocked computers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Features
- Portable
- Stress Testing
- Overclock
Tags
- prime-95
- torture-test
Prime95 information
Developed by
George Woltman Licensing
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What is Prime95?
Prime95, also distributed as the command-line utility mprime for FreeBSD and Linux, is a freeware application written by George Woltman. It is the official client of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a volunteer computing project dedicated to searching for Mersenne primes. It is also used in overclocking to test for system stability.[4]