Different CPU Temps on different tools?

[xc3ll]

Hello Guys,

 

when i build my pc, I did a stress test with prime95 and recorded the cpu temps with speedfan. With an i5-4690 (no oc) i got around 28°C idle and 76°C under load, which is fine for me. Now I discovered, that the cpu temp reading in MSI Afterburner says 50°C idle and 95°C load, which is way too high...

 

So the question is: If different tools give different measurements, how can I trust them? Is there an tool, which shows you, if the cpu is running into temp-limits?

[Sauron]

check the idle temperature in the bios. Trust the one that is closest to that.

[kronickiller]

afterburner does gpu temps

[Johannes_Lazor]

Try HWmonitor and see what it says, What motherboard do you have? Some motherboards only work properly with their own utilities.

[xc3ll]

afterburner does gpu temps

 

Yeah, it does. But it does CPU, too

 

Motherboard: MSI B85I

[Hans Christian | Teri]

afterburner does gpu temps

 

Afterburner has a pretty complete set of graphs, not only related to GPUs.

[xc3ll]

Try HWmonitor and see what it says, What motherboard do you have? Some motherboards only work properly with their own utilities.

 

So, I tried HWmonitor and it is somewhere between the other tools. But it shows, that my CPU runs at 3.9Ghz under load - So it doesn't run in any temp limits. And that's what matters to me.

[kronickiller]

Afterburner has a pretty complete set of graphs, not only related to GPUs.

i have looked through it

cpu usage for cores only

but no cpu temps in it

i had to use hwinfo to send cpu temps to screen

and 95c sounds like a video card temp my 290x peeks at 95c b4 i did the paste

[Hans Christian | Teri]

i have looked through it

cpu usage for cores only

but no cpu temps in it

i had to use hwinfo to send cpu temps to screen

and 95c sounds like a video card temp my 290x peeks at 95c b4 i did the paste