How important is full load temp

[Blkacr]

I ask this because with everything that I have been doing my processor hasn't seen more then 65c
but if I stress test it with CPUZ I see 90 on one of my cores the rest is low 80s

 

[Mightyena]

Stress test temps are generally a 'worst case scenario', so you know that anything you do normally will likely not reach that sort of heat - it's good to give an idea of how hot it can possibly get

 

[Blkacr]

regular usage I am usually around 55-65 at most. For what I am doing with PC (gaming streaming downloading) I don't ever see 100% I mean really I never even see 50%. I have done some video editing and even then when rendering a 4k video I haven't seen crazy temps and or usage that has locked my pc up.

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Blkacr : "5930k temps high but only under stress"

Hey guys hope all are doing well. So wanted to turn to you guys. Currently running a 5930k and started over clocked. Been doing a lot of reading but wanted to see what you guys had to say.
Here is setup
5930k
Gigabyte ud3p ultra durable mother board (I know not the best)
Coirsair h80i configured push pull out the top
32 gig ballistic 2666 ram
2x GTX 1080 (sli)
Two 140mm front pulling in
One side blowing on video cards
Two 120 pulling out rear
Artic silver 5 thermal paste

Current overclock is 4.4ghz @ 1.275v

So here is my question. Everything seems to be running extremely smooth. Idle temps are 30c-35c. When I play games (gta5 dota2 shadows of mordor I have a lot of games) temps get to about 55-65c (all from real temp Gt). Here is my worry. I know I should get prime95 and I will but I used cpuz stress test and it def gets all cores going 100% but core 3 and 4 will see upper to mid 80s even see 90. Other cores mid to low 80s (81-83). I have re applied thermal paste to ensure it wasn't too much and was applied correctly. I will be running prime95 when I get home but just wanted to get your guys/gals thoughts. Thanks in advance

 

[Blkacr]

thank you because I cant figure out how to delete a post. Sorry new to the forum.

 

[Mightyena]

Then it's probably fine. I think most people just use it as a kind of safety margin, as in "I know the max it will hit is 75C when running IBT or whatever, so it'll be plenty cool under normal use"

 

[william p]

You might see temps. go up during benchmarking when they run a physics test. Might apply to a racing sim. But GPUs do most of the heavy work nowadays.
I actually run Prime 95 3 examles instead of 4. it runs 75% on all 4 cores and never had a problem bench marking anything.
of course I'm running a bunch of old junk anyway!

 

[Blkacr]

yeah I have my second gpu handling that. so I am assuming I don't have to worry about CPU getting loaded up.

 

[Blkacr]

so little update. my voltage was all off this is what gave my my high heat. I really sat back this weekend and worked on it. so originally I was at 4.4 @ 1.275. stress test showing me in the upper 80s to low 90s. it bothered me so much. well I achieved 4.4 @ 1.150 max temp of 80/81 regular work load highest I have seen recorded was 57. the h80i cooler I think has reached its limit there. I may go for a better cooler or just do an entire water cooled system. but for now I am extremely happy I got it to where it is as well as passing stress test. I was at 4.6 and messing with voltages there but if I got it to work I would see upper 80s again so I went to 4.5 at one point and couldn't get it below 87. so I rather take the 4.4 @ 1.150 with lower temp under 85 so I know its definitely safer. thanks again to those who helped