HWMonitor and CPU-Z showing different VCORE readings

[Alex Appleton]

Hey all, i recently built a computer and i've been doing some basic checks to make sure everythings in order.

I started with HWMonitor to check my temps to make sure everythings ok, when i found out that it was showing that my VCORE was constantly at 1.856V. I don't really know much about VCORE appart from it's how much voltage that gets sent to your CPU but from what i can tell it's way over whats recommended.

So i installed a second application to double check 'CPU-Z' and it tells me that the core voltage is around 0.715ish range.

I've two links below showing screenshots of what i'm being shown.

HWMonitor: http://imgur.com/flq34qS
CPU-Z: http://imgur.com/2NXHcTN

I've literally no clue what's going on, which one is correct? i've not overclocked anything and everything in the bios is on auto, i hope i'm not causing any harm to my computer.

Any reponse would be amazing.

Alex.

 

[modernwar99]

Hwmonitor: The VCORE reading is the voltage going into the CPU VRMs IIRC. The VID under the i5 4690k is the actual voltage going into the CPU.

Both: If you have speedstep enabled (think that's what it's called) then the voltage decreases when not under load (so do the core clocks) to save power and produce less heat. In the "max" column of hwmonitor I see 1.136v which seems right for the CPU under full load. Same goes for the CPU-Z reading, that's the idle/low load voltage.

 

[Alex Appleton]

Hwmonitor: The VCORE reading is the voltage going into the CPU VRMs IIRC. The VID under the i5 4690k is the actual voltage going into the CPU.

Both: If you have speedstep enabled (think that's what it's called) then the voltage decreases when not under load (so do the core clocks) to save power and produce less heat. In the "max" column of hwmonitor I see 1.136v which seems right for the CPU under full load. Same goes for the CPU-Z reading, that's the idle/low load voltage.

Oh! i see, thanks alot for the information

 

[JohhnyQ85]

i have the same issue, although BIOS also shows the same 1.8xV under VCORE... what is going on? core voltage is OK just like I set it to at 1.2 and adaptive.