Re: [Discuss] cpu benchmarking and power usage

2014-07-18 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/18/2014 8:54 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: > If it's a windows system, just write an infinite loop one-line script > in python or something. The Prime95 stress test. It's designed specifically to run CPU cores and RAM to their limits. > I don't have any good way to max out the GPU thoug

Re: [Discuss] cpu benchmarking and power usage

2014-07-18 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (blu)
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Adler > > Then I went off looking for some CPU benchmarking tools so that I could > run all cores at once thus giving me an idea of how much power the > system uses etc. ca

[Discuss] cpu benchmarking and power usage

2014-07-18 Thread Stephen Adler
Guys, Well... I don't know if I'm just in a time wasting mode or not, but I went off and got a Kill-a-watt meter, the P4460 model, and I plugged my UPS system which powers my desktop at home and then went all nuts trying to figure out how much it costs to run my desktop. As usual, I don't pow