Heavyload is intended to stress all resources of a PC (like CPU, RAM, harddisk, network, operating system, etc.) in order to test, if it will run reliable under heavy load. This is useful for testing important NT file or database servers before using them productively, or just to check if your new PC might get too hot when used intensively.

To stress your PC or server, HeavyLoad writes a large test-file to the temp folder, it allocates physical and virtual memory and it draws patterns in its window.

What's New in version 3.0:

• Redesigned user interface.
• HeavyLoad is now available as German version, too.
• HeavyLoad can now be executed with command line parameters.
• HeavyLoad can now allocate the complete physical memory on systems with more than 2GB memory.
• The chart now displays the free space of the system partition, too.
• The duration of the test can be set in the options dialog.
• The limitation for remaining disk capacity and memory can be defined.
• It is possible to set the speed in which the temporary test file is written and the memory is allocated.
• Added function to check for available updates.
• HeavyLoad now stores the user settings in an XML file in the user's profile.
• The support for Windows 2000 has been dropped because Microsoft dropped it in July 2010.
• Bugfix: The temporary test file can now be deleted in all situations.
• Bugfix: The temporary test file can now be written constantly even if the test option "allocate memory" is active. constantly even if the test option "allocate memory" is active.
• Bugfix: Now the free memory chart displays the correct value on systems with more than 4GB memory.
• A few minor bug fixes and improvements have been incorporated.