<s>
WPrime	B-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	O
program	O
that	O
calculates	O
a	O
set	O
number	O
of	O
square	O
roots	O
using	O
Newton	O
's	O
method	O
for	O
estimating	O
functions	O
verifying	O
the	O
results	O
by	O
squaring	O
them	O
then	O
comparing	O
them	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPrime	B-Application
is	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
overclocking	B-Application
community	O
for	O
testing	O
the	O
performance	O
and	O
stability	O
of	O
computer	O
processors	O
,	O
as	O
Super	O
PI	O
is	O
single-threaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
popularity	O
stemmed	O
from	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
utilize	O
100%	O
of	O
a	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
's	O
computing	O
time	O
enabling	O
its	O
use	O
as	O
a	O
multi-threaded	O
benchmark	O
application	O
in	O
competitions	O
,	O
computing	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
marketing	O
campaigns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPrime	B-Application
would	O
theoretically	O
only	O
detect	O
instability	O
from	O
several	O
consecutive	O
errors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
some	O
have	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
multi-threading	O
algorithm	O
used	O
is	O
not	O
indicative	O
of	O
real	O
world	O
performance	O
though	O
much	O
of	O
this	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
poor	O
implementations	O
of	O
multi-threading	O
in	O
consumer	O
applications	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
