Bios and HWMonitor show different voltages

WhyAlwaysMe · December 5, 2017

I set my voltage in my bios to 1.375v. After rebooting it, my bios was measuring it to around 1.37-1.39. When I check in HWMonitor, it said it was 1.33v. Should I trust hardware monitor more than my bios, or vice versa?

Sfekke · December 5, 2017

Probably the BIOS.

It might be lower in Windows and HWMonitor reporting if Intel speedstep is enabled.

Try HWiNFO and see what results that brings you.

bomberblyat · December 5, 2017

id trust more bios since its part of hardware

WhyAlwaysMe · December 7, 2017

On 05/12/2017 at 5:43 PM, bomberblyat said:

id trust more bios since its part of hardware

Sorry, this is a bit late, but I was looking around on other forums and people said they might both be right. Apparently, the bios will often have higher voltage because it is trying to make sure the cpu will boot in any condition. Do you know if this is true?

bomberblyat · December 7, 2017

51 minutes ago, WhyAlwaysMe said:

Sorry, this is a bit late, but I was looking around on other forums and people said they might both be right. Apparently, the bios will often have higher voltage because it is trying to make sure the cpu will boot in any condition. Do you know if this is true?

I have no clue