How to perform stress testing of your computer

If you are working as an admin or want to test your own machine, server PC or workstation then it would be better to perform stress testing under heavy load and test if it's reliable or not. Usually done by performance testers, this can be done by any individual using a software.

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There are multiple softwares available in the market and one such software is 'HeavyLoad'. It is one software using which you can perform stress testing. Here are few things that can be done using this software:

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• It simulates a heavy load on your computer and tests the reliability of you computer resources like RAM, hard disc and processor.


• Say, you have a system which has multiple processor cores. Using this software you can select how many of the available cores shall be used or set the speed in which the test file id is written on to your hard disc.


• It can perform complex calculations to simulate the load on your processor. To do this use your processor or specific number of processor cores to full capacity.


• You can define how much memory should be kept free or allocated. By doing so, you can test how your machine works with scarce memory.


• This software can write a test file at variable speed  to your hard disc and write forcefully even once the limit is reached until it's freed, to test how the hard disks perform during stress testing.


• It can check your graphics card by checking the card processor capacity to it's maximum limit.


• There are many more feature in addition to the above points listed here.

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Each of the test methods employed by HeavyLoad can be customized to fit you stress testing process. This software also has a portable version. So, you can use it on your USB stick too. Over all this is a nice way to do stress testing on your machine to check the stability of a computer or server before implementing it on production environment.

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Download HeavyLoad software here: [Link]

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