Motherboard:
ASRock z170 extreme 7+
BIOS version: 7.60 (~2018)
Intel i7 6700k CPU OC'd to 4.4Ghz.
I was given this mobo and have just installed an AIO water cooler. The BIOS reports temperature at over 54C at idle, so I thought my thermal pasting might be rubbish. But various monitoring tools in Windows 10 and Linux Mint reported CPU core temps between 25C-30C (idle) and 63C (at 100% load- prime95). As there was no CPU throttling at 100% loading I assume that the 63C max for cores is probably correct.
So in Linux I ran sensor-detect and it found (among) other things)"pch_skylake-virtual-0", which has the same temp as BIOS reports on the main screen.
MY QUESTION:
Does that mean the BIOS temp is only reporting PCH temp?? (which would explain why it's relatively constant and higher compared to reported core temps). If so, why would ASRock choose that temp variable as representative of CPU temps and the only temp BIOS reports to the user?
My only other hypothesis is that sensor-detect found the port above-mentioned in PCH, in which case, what value is it reporting?
At this point I have given up worrying about repasting. Did it three times with same result, and PC works just fine in my use case. I would just really like to understand where/what that BIOS temp value is really referring to on this ASRock Z170 Extreme 7+ mobo.
ASRock z170 extreme 7+
BIOS version: 7.60 (~2018)
Intel i7 6700k CPU OC'd to 4.4Ghz.
I was given this mobo and have just installed an AIO water cooler. The BIOS reports temperature at over 54C at idle, so I thought my thermal pasting might be rubbish. But various monitoring tools in Windows 10 and Linux Mint reported CPU core temps between 25C-30C (idle) and 63C (at 100% load- prime95). As there was no CPU throttling at 100% loading I assume that the 63C max for cores is probably correct.
So in Linux I ran sensor-detect and it found (among) other things)"pch_skylake-virtual-0", which has the same temp as BIOS reports on the main screen.
MY QUESTION:
Does that mean the BIOS temp is only reporting PCH temp?? (which would explain why it's relatively constant and higher compared to reported core temps). If so, why would ASRock choose that temp variable as representative of CPU temps and the only temp BIOS reports to the user?
My only other hypothesis is that sensor-detect found the port above-mentioned in PCH, in which case, what value is it reporting?
At this point I have given up worrying about repasting. Did it three times with same result, and PC works just fine in my use case. I would just really like to understand where/what that BIOS temp value is really referring to on this ASRock Z170 Extreme 7+ mobo.
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