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For Memtest 86+ version 5.01 it takes approximately 1 - 2 hours / GB RAM.
The computer has 16 GB RAM.
There are a significant number of false negatives if fewer than 8 passes are made.
A false negative is a test pass when there is malfunctioning RAM.
If there is just 1 fail you can abort testing. Just 1 fail indicates malfunctioning RAM and the next task is to determine which RAM module is malfunctioning. Then test 1 RAM module at a time in the same DIMM for 8 or more passes.
The motherboard has a dual channel capability.
If RAM modules are tested 1 at a time the dual channel capability is not tested.
So for computers that have 16 GB RAM or less the dual channel is tested by testing both RAM modules at the same time.
There was a thread within the past 2 months where an OP had 64 GB RAM and decided to test all of the RAM over nearly a week. This was not the norm.
When there are two or more malfunctioning hardware drivers it is useful to check the RAM / DIMM /Motherboard.
So far 2 hardware drivers were identified: Nvidia GPU drivers, and Realtek wireless driver.
The Nvidia was a recurrent misbehaving driver.
And BSOD occurred after the removal of the ESET drivers.
It is time consuming but the Memtest86+ versioin 5.01 testing needs to be continuous.
It will be useful to rule in or rule out RAM as a cause or contributor to the BSOD.