Good stress test for W9X & NT/2000

[BFlurie]

I've used this stress-test, HEAVYLOAD, for years to ferret out system weaknesses. Monitor it with SysMon/Taskman, etc., & let it run 30 mins or more to max out your swap-file & memory usage. If you receive no errors, you're probably in very good shape.

[Philip1952]

Looks like something worth adding to the tool box.

[NDC]

Thanks, BFlurie! Running it on a couple of my systems now. Boy! That HEAVYLOAD utility pegs the CPU's art 100%!

[ND]

Thanks BFlurie, a useful one.

Best Regards ...

[cadetstimp]

you know what?.......

.....that makes me happy!

[FalcomPSX]

link dead.....for me anyway....

[Ultima]

Link worked fine for me, and am installing now.

seems like a good one, thanks.

Ultima

[NDC]

Link works just fine... try again...

[BFlurie]

This is where the difference between W9X & NT-core OSs show up. My W95 slows down considerably when running Heayload & opening other apps, whereas NT4 can still work w/little effect. Try disk I/O operations like copying very large (groups of) files, or video ops like rotating large bitmaps or running 3D DirectX demos while running Heavyload.

Warning -- running extra apps on top of Heavyload will crash alot of boxes. Just reboot.

[wyvrn]

Very cool, I will give this a try tonight when I get home.