Factorial is a tool designed as a bad application that will eat up a single CPU with a repetitive math calculation. The purpose of this is to test tools to detect application behavior and tools to provide application remediation.

This release consists of a GUI tool menu to initiate the calculation. In a multi-CPU scenario, it will consume one full CPU. A Screen shot is shown below

Download links are at the bottom of this page.

What does this tool cost?

TMurgent believes in giving back to the community.   Factorial is free for for use by all.

What OSs will it run on? 

The tool will run on Windows XP and above. At the time of this writing, the Windows 8 Beta version is the latest   tested.

How do I install it?

No installer. Just download, unzip and copy the exe somewhere convenient.

Are there more free tools?

TMurgent has a bunch of tools on this page. Usually they are free, unless you are a Software Vendor. Tools for performance have a segregated list here.

Here is the ZIP package:    Factorial Zip (24 KB )