Prime 95 is a good program, but i don't use it when overclocking. I'm running an Asus P4C800, 512mb Corsair Dual PC3200, P4 2.6C(overclocked to 3.2 GHZ), when i overclock it, it fails the stress test after a few minutes, but it has never locked up during a game and it runs fine in things like autocad and other porgrams of that nature. So, it is usefule to some extent, but just becuase it fails that test, doesn't mean your computer will crash or freeze up all the time.