9700K Temp Jumps

[AMD Lover]

So I've got a 9700K in a SFF build and consistently see multiple individual cores jumping higher than others? Is this normal or I'm I looking at bad thermal paste application?

 

Cooler Noctua NH-L12 with bottom 92mm fan

[Zando_]

What load and what core temp difference? At max load it's normal for one or two cores to be a couple degrees hotter than the others, in just normal use I'd imagine something stressing just 2 cores would raise the temps on those.

[PopsicleHustler]

Its normal. Usually some cores will get more load compared to others and therefore becomes hotter.

[Emanbaird]

AMD lover> 9700k?

Lol that's like me, but backwards, I'm an Intel fanboy with a 2700x

I've had issues like this before, could you post screenshots of the temps? maybe a graph? 

Also are you running auto voltage? are you overclocking?

(I apologize but idk what an sff build is)

 

[Gix7Fifty]

How much higher? During idle or under load?

[AMD Lover]

6 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

What load and what core temp difference? At max load it's normal for one or two cores to be a couple degrees hotter than the others, in just normal use I'd imagine something stressing just 2 cores would raise the temps on those.

It's just under idle, all cores run around 30-40C at idle then randomly cores will spike to 50C and then go back down.

6 hours ago, PopsicleHustler said:

Its normal. Usually some cores will get more load compared to others and therefore becomes hotter.

 

5 hours ago, Emanbaird said:

AMD lover> 9700k?

Lol that's like me, but backwards, I'm an Intel fanboy with a 2700x

I've had issues like this before, could you post screenshots of the temps? maybe a graph? 

Also are you running auto voltage? are you overclocking?

(I apologize but idk what an sff build is)

 

Almost all of my builds have been Intel, I have a couple AMD servers at work. All stock BIOs but it's an ASRock board. As I understand unlike other companies ASRock doesn't enable any of the 9th gen performance hits that other companies have. SFF (Small Form Factor), I dont have a graph but I can make one later. I do have a min/max chart I'll post.

5 hours ago, Gix7Fifty said:

How much higher? During idle or under load?

Idle around 30-40C with spikes up to around 50-55c randomly for 1 to 2 seconds

 

[xg32]

6 hours ago, AMD Lover said:

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looks completely normal

[Emanbaird]

yeah that's fine, you should see the jumps my 1.6v ryzen 2700x does lol

[xg32]

5 minutes ago, Emanbaird said:

yeah that's fine, you should see the jumps my 1.6v ryzen 2700x does lol

mad lad

[Emanbaird]

2 minutes ago, xg32 said:

mad lad

I just got it, i can't get it stable at 4.35 all cores, so now i am messing with overclocking specific cores then just setting the core affinity to specific programs, i got 1 core up to 4.4 with 2 cores disabled tho, Tbh i really didn't need the 8 cores, i just wanted the cooler