Question Is it normal if my CPU doesn't go above 60c°

[Voidseeker_1]

I had an I7 4790K with a Cooler Master ML120 V2 and it never got above and would stay at 60c° no matter the load and so last year I upgraded to a Ryzen 5 5600 and and it hits 60c° will stay there and never goes above. I'm just trying to make sure this is normal and I don't have any performance bottlenecks since at 10 year old and a 4 year old CPU are staying at the same temps

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Please list your full system specs.

What are you using to monitor the temps? HWInfo is prob the best/most accurate, so try that.

So, does your CPU stay at 60c when idling?

 

[Voidseeker_1]

Hey there,

Please list your full system specs.

What are you using to monitor the temps? HWInfo is prob the best/most accurate, so try that.

So, does your CPU stay at 60c when idling?

I meant to say both will stay at 60c° under 100% and never go over. I used Core Temp for my I7 and am currently using AMD software Adrenalin edition for my temps.
Specs:

ASRock B450 Steel Legend,

R5 5600,

Cooler Master ML120 V2,

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16gb 2667,

Samsung 970 Evo 500gb,

WD Blue 2TB 7200RPM,

WD Enterprise 2tb 5400RPM,

ASRock Challenger D RX6600 8GB,

EVGA 600W 80+ white,

NZXT H510 white and black

 

[CountMike]

I had an I7 4790K with a Cooler Master ML120 V2 and it never got above and would stay at 60c° no matter the load and so last year I upgraded to a Ryzen 5 5600 and and it hits 60c° will stay there and never goes above. I'm just trying to make sure this is normal and I don't have any performance bottlenecks since at 10 year old and a 4 year old CPU are staying at the same temps

Yeah, with good enough cooling, it has nothing to do with CPU generation but with particular processor. Ryzen 5600 draws no more than 65W and is essentially cool.

 

[Misgar]

The i7-4790K is shown as having a Maximum Operating Temperature of 72.72°C, although whether that's Tjunction, Tcase, or something else I have no idea.
https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i7/Intel-Core i7-4790K.html

Being a newer processor, the Maximum Operating Temperature for the Ryzen 5600 is shown as 90°C, with the same provisos.
https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Zen/AMD-Ryzen 5 5600.html

You're at the mercy of whatever temperature reading your software interprets from the thermal sensors built into the CPU. You could try AIDA64, CPUID CP-Z, HWMonitor, etc., and see if they all show the same values.
https://techguided.com/best-cpu-temperature-monitor-software-windows/

 

[Voidseeker_1]

Yeah, with good enough cooling, it has nothing to do with CPU generation but with particular processor. Ryzen 5600 draws no more than 65W and is essentially cool.

Got it thanks.

 

[Voidseeker_1]

The i7-4790K is shown as having a Maximum Operating Temperature of 72.72°C, although whether that's Tjunction, Tcase, or something else I have no idea.
https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i7/Intel-Core i7-4790K.html

Being a newer processor, the Maximum Operating Temperature for the Ryzen 5600 is shown as 90°C, with the same provisos.
https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Zen/AMD-Ryzen 5 5600.html

You're at the mercy of whatever temperature reading your software interprets from the thermal sensors built into the CPU. You could try AIDA64, CPUID CP-Z, HWMonitor, etc., and see if they all show the same values.
https://techguided.com/best-cpu-temperature-monitor-software-windows/

I might have HW on my PC but if not then I'll download it and see if anything changes.

 

[uWebb429]

Maximum Operating Temperature of 72.72°C, although whether that's Tjunction, Tcase, or something else I have no idea.

That is the TCase temperature specification which is only intended to be used by large system builders. A 4790K is designed to start thermal throttling when any of the cores reach a peak core temperature of 100°C. Intel likes to hide this number in their documentation. The vast majority of all Core i CPUs since the 1st Generation were introduced all start thermal throttling at 100°C. This was increased to 105°C for the 3rd Gen. Intel resumed using 100°C for their 4th Gen to 14th Gen.

would stay at 60c° no matter the load

Did you ever try running the Prime 95 Small FFTs test? That is a good way to create a lot of heat if the AVX instruction set is enabled.