Uncomfortable CPU Temps In BF4?

[Sturmgewehr_44]

I am using a 4790k with a H80i GT. I thought everything was doing well. It is getting hot, but I have ac. However, BF4 operates (on Ultra, CPU is stock) at higher temperatures I would expect from a fps game. I hit the low 70s on a few cores. Why is this?

 

I do not generally get high temps like this in most games. GTAV is close, but still stays in the late 50c range.

 

Is this observed by many BF4 players? I am concerned. I was asking on some servers, but no one was of any help. Obviously they were not the same degree of enthusiast that I am, which was unfortunate.

 

I will post some screenshots. I am not used to Origin. What is the screenshot key binding by default?

[Br3tt96]

Bf4 does make my cpu run hotter, but it only spikes to 58c max @ 4.8ghz

[Gofspar]

I hit 65c @ 4.9ghz 1.3v

[Viking Kong]

I think idle temps are relative, what are yours. I know mine runs a tone hotter when my idle is higher, and even throttles.

[Sturmgewehr_44]

I think idle temps are relative, what are yours. I know mine runs a tone hotter when my idle is higher, and even throttles.

Possibly.

 

At the time of writing, around 28-29c. I've seen better, but I've also gotten worse, particularly if it's hot without air condition.

 

I do not know why BF4 in particular stresses it so hard. I was so paranoid I tested Red Orchestra 2 (which I'm very fond of, if you never heard of it), Metro: Last Light, Far Cry 4, and AC Unity. All of these did not get this high. Metro came the closest. I observed a max during the built-in benchmark of 67c. Far Cry 4 and Ro2 did not come very close, both of which are pretty CPU dependent and I got a max of 60c in both.

 

Cores #2 and #3 are almost always running hotter during load. At idle the gap between all four cores is much smaller, but it gets much larger as indicated. Up to 5-10c.

 

The last I checked (when I was still running my 980) for Aida64 Trial, I was in the low to mid 60c range with the "CPU" box checked (I am unwilling to use FPU. It uses AVX 2.0 and for many reasons I will never go near that again. TJ max is almost instantaneous).

 

The cooler is really not that old. My front intake is dying. It is making this annoying rattling and vibrating sound. I do not know if this could affect it's performance before it finally kicks it (the bearing is going, do not know if it is affecting airflow). How vital is a front intake in a mid-tower? My AIO is not that old (got it along with my Maximus VII Formula and 4790k back in April). Could a little bit of dust change anything?

 

Is it "normal" for any game to approach the 60c marker? I thought many games, even if CPU-heavy, would often stay in the 40s (an extended idle). 

 

Can anyone recommend any non-AVX benchmarks I can use that will give me a more realistic result besides Aida64, Cinebench, Realbench, etc.

 

Does Cinebench use AVX? The temps go into the 80s, and this says to me that it might, since Haswell (at least the 4790k) does not mix well at all with it.

 

Edit: Ok, the Cinebench temps may not be as bad as I made it sound. The max reported temperatures are in the 80s. No idea if that is normal or ideal or anything.

 

Room temperature/Ambients (I understand these cannot be interchanged, but I am doing it anyway) are getting cooler. I'll post back when my room is like a meat locker.

[Guest]

Just try to remount the h80i or see if it's working properly, bf4 is programmed to use all the available cores you have, that might be the reason?

 

for having  higher temps on 2 cores might be because of cooler is not tightened down properly?

[_JohnB330ci]

As Ebinnator said, the H80I is most likely broken or not fastened properly, or maybe your thermal paste has dried up way to much, either way, take it off, remove thermal paste, slap on some artic silver and put the sucker back on and retry.

[Sturmgewehr_44]

Just try to remount the h80i or see if it's working properly, bf4 is programmed to use all the available cores you have, that might be the reason?

 

for having  higher temps on 2 cores might be because of cooler is not tightened down properly?

Not far from the truth. I reapplied thermal paste a few hours ago. I must have put too much and two cores were getting more than the others, hence the temperature variance.

 

I tested Cinebench and the max temperature is 60c. Not bad! This is compared to almost 80-85c!

 

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