No, it's really not. Prime95 Small FFT no-AVX steady state workload adheres to the Intel datasheets, not some crazy destructive technicians mad scientist endeavor.
This has nothing at all to do with my fellow moderator and author of the Intel temperature guide, Computronix. Entirely unrelated to the best of my knowledge. Funny though.
If you can't run the system at a full steady state load without remaining within 80°C then there is a lack of cooling capability, too high of an overclock for the cooling that you have, too much voltage for the overclock (which in some cases might be able to be reduced to reduce thermals while still remaining stable, and other times, not so much) or simply a bad piece of silicon. Or, simply an unrealistic overclock.
ALL CPUs, regardless of what camp they come from, should be capable of running a 100% all core steady state workload for 15 minutes, and remain within recommended thermal spec which for Intel and Ryzen processors is primarily 80°C, and older FX processors is no less than ten degrees to TJmax thermal margin. Actual "temperature" measurements are useless on FX series platforms, so don't bother with them. They won't be accurate at either end of the spectrum.
There IS a way to roughly equivalent the remaining thermal margin to a thermal specification/number, but it's pointless to do so when all you really need to know is that Overdrive or Core Temp is telling you that you have 30, 20, 10, 5, -5 degrees thermal margin.
My problem with Aida64 is that it does not actually PRESENT a steady state load that adequately pushes the CPU to TDP like more robust thermal compliance tests like Prime Small FFT, OCCT small data set or even Heavyload for that matter. Running Aida64 to test thermal compliance is like standing on an enclosed porch while it's raining outside to test an umbrella.
While this is specifically intended for Intel Core-i platforms, there is a lot of good information in there that is easily applied to ANY modern consumer platform.
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And, a little clarity on the differences in AMD thermal margin, and "other" thermal measuring techniques.
Over the years I've used both Intel and AMD processors and whichever monitoring utility I've used, it has always reported the real temperatures at core and socket. Since upgrading one of my PCs from…
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