MSI Kombustor

Stress testing your computer is something that not many people do. After all, there's little to no need to do so, unless you are a hardware enthusiast who likes to test out their computer's performance and thermals. Benchmarks are doubly important when overclocking, because they can outline what clocks you can get away with, as well as how your thermals can cope with higher frequencies.

MSI Kombustor is a rather well-established benchmarking tool, which offers several options in regard to stress testing one's machine. The tool offers you the ability to benchmark your graphics card at different resolutions and presets, as well as stress test however many threads of your processor you wish.

Owing to a swift installation process and a simple-to-use interface, users can get to benchmarking their components in no time. Multiple stress tests are available, and each of them is meant to test certain parts of your graphics card. GPU-related tests are more comprehensive, and it's clear that the main scope of this tool is to stress test graphics cards, with CPU's taking the back seat.

You can test your GPU's PhysX performance, or go for the classic FurMark donut benchmark to see how your thermals stack up. Many benchmarking tests are available, so it's best to go through as many as you possibly can to ensure that your GPU is stable. Before starting a benchmark, you may want to change the resolution: 720P is the default one, but you can go even above 4K. Custom resolutions are supported.

You can choose to have the program display graphs relating to your GPU performance, so you'll get a better idea of how your GPU performs. An Artifact Scanner function is available, which can help detect if you have an unstable card.

As for the CPU testing options, there's only one: click the CPU Burner button, and you'll be able to choose the number of CPU threads to benchmark.

MSI Kombustor is a simple and accessible benchmarking tool, which affords everyone the ability to thoroughly test how their GPUs and CPUs perform.