Thursday, April 20th 2017
TechPowerUp Announces MemTest64 - Test Memory from Within Windows
TechPowerUp today announced MemTest64, our lightweight, standalone utility that lets you test your system memory for hardware faults and other errors. The application has a graphical user interface (GUI), and can be run from within Windows, without needing any administrator privileges. MemTest64 can also be used to test the stability of your memory performance tuning, such as overclocks and tight timings. The utility puts your memory through a battery of test patterns, while juggling data from the memory to the page file. The app is portable, and does not require any installation. This is our first public release of MemTest64, after thorough internal testing. We welcome your feedback in the app's dedicated forum on TechPowerUp Forums.DOWNLOAD: TechPowerUp MemTest64 1.0
Features
Features
- Runs on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10. 64-bit OS only
- Supports all modern processors, including Intel Core and AMD Ryzen
- No reboot or DOS-mode required
- You can control how much memory to test, to reduce operational impact
- Memory is tested using various detection algorithms
- Errors will be detected automatically
- Does not require Administrator privileges
- No installation or registry modifications required.
85 Comments on TechPowerUp Announces MemTest64 - Test Memory from Within Windows
But when I change the speed to 2600Mhz it errors out with the following message:
"Memory locking failed (might be reserved by other apps/kernel)
"Test finished with no errors detected"
But it never actually ran the test as it gives this message almost immediately after starting the test with Run Indefinitely enabled.
My system is an Intel 6600K with a Z270 chipset running Windows 10.
Would love to keep testing my memory high but anything over 2400MHz just gives me this error every time.
Additionally, if I run prime95 at 2600Mhz it will do 24 hours with zero errors.
Any advice?
One thing that seemed to help was waiting longer after a boot, before trying the test - but it was odd behaviour.
Just an update for you.
I downloaded memtest64 on a school computer to see if maybe I have a bad mobo or cpu, and lo and behold, it still hangs the system three quarters of the way done through detecting usable memory. Does this program just suck?