10 C temperature difference between cores

[JamesBurgundy]

Hey guys,

So, I recently brought a new laptop, ASUS FX 553VD . Its the cheapest laptop with GTX 1050 on Amazon IN. My model has an Intel i5 7300HQ inside. I noticed that the temperatures reach 85 C while playing GTA 5. So, I ran AIDA 64 stress test on CPU and found out that the laptop is thermal throttling upto 25% under the test, which I assume is normal for a laptop. 

 

The weird thing is Core #1 and Core #3 reaches only 68-70C, Core #2 82-84C and Core #4 reaches 85-87C under stress test.

Is it normal for there to be more than 10C difference between highest temp core and lowest temp core?

I haven't overclocked any part of this laptop.

 

 

Here is my AIDA 64 graph thingy.

[genexis_x]

Asus laptops have shit stock paste so what do you expect. Moreover FX553 is very mediocre

[JamesBurgundy]

Ok, I'll try replacing thermal paste with NT-H1. Thanks

[genexis_x]

38 minutes ago, JamesBurgundy said:

NT-H1

Will dry out fast in laptops due to low heatsink mounting pressure. I would suggest Gelid GC Extreme

[JamesBurgundy]

Update: Replaced the thermal compound with Deepcool Z5, temps dropped by 10C on all cores, no more throttling under AIDA 64 Stress test. Will replace with better compound soon. CPU now reaches 3.2-3.4Ghz, warranty isn't voided I think as there were no "VOID IF REMOVED" stickers

Edited June 24, 2018 by JamesBurgundy
added note

[genexis_x]

Also do undervolting.