CPU temperatures on new build

[eclrmt]

I posted this question on the Motherboard forum but it may be more appropriate here.

I just finished my first build:
- Antec 902 V case
- CORSAIR 850HX modular PSU
- ASUS P8Z68–V PRO/GEN3 mobo
- Intel Core i5 2500K (no OC yet)
- 2 X 4GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 1600 DDR3 SDRAM
- COOLER MASTER GeminII S524 HSF using Arctic 5 Thermal paste
- Samsung 830 128GB SSD for OS
- WD Caviar Black ITB SATAIII HDD for data storage
- LITE-ON optical drive
- WINDOWS 7 64 bit Home Premium
- (no graphics card yet)

The build went very smoothly. It POST’ed the first time and loaded Windows with no problems.

I have now begun some stress tests before taking any further build steps. I planned to load the ASUS AI suite to monitor temperatures but was put off by all the threads I read about flakey readings. I have HWMonitor and RealTemp installed.

I do not understand some of the readings I am getting from HWMonitor.

With HWMonitor my four cores temperature readings are around 31 to 33 C at start up with internet browsing and spreadsheet use. The room temperature is about 27C. When I run Prime 95 for an hour or so the four core temperatures get to a max of 58 C. To my untrained eye this looks fine.

However the HWMonitor CPUTIN reading is always 60C regardless of the load level. Also the TZ00 and TZ01 readings are always 28C and 30C. What are these parameters and is this a bug in HWMonitor or do I need to patch something?

Is there a better monitoring software for this particular mobo and microprocessor?

Thanks

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The temperatures that you are getting out of HWMonitor at idle and after an hour of Prime95 are right where I would expect them to be on the Intel® Core™ i5-2500K with a good 3rd party cooler. These are the reading that I have always paid attention to on my builds.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[ricardois]

for CPU i use Real Temp:
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

 

[geekapproved]

HW monitor is the best, no doubt.

I think your reading too much into it, if your core temps are good, why are you worried about CPUTIN being 2c different than your core temp?

 

[eclrmt]

Best answer selected by ECLRMT.