Is my CPU temp safe (stress test results?)

[Shaun98]

Hi I'm currently running a prime95 stress test and it's just hit 50mins and my temps seem to be staying at around 50-60c on real-temp and slightly higher on afterburner. I've just done a few Google searches about the safety of stress testing and now I'm worrying that I'm going to kill my pc or something as people are saying it's not safe?
Is an hour off stress testing enough or should I leave it on for longer?


Thanks

 

[dangus]

so its an intel processor right? because i don't think realtemp works with AMD. what processor are you talking about. and why would you think those temps would be dangerous? you know its really easy to google safe temperatures of intel processors right?

 

[lifespill]

Specs?

 

[Shaun98]

Sorry it's an intel i7 6700k
The only reason I'm stress testing it is because it shuts down on its own occasionally when gaming and only had the pc a month (my first build) and someone on here told me to stress test it and check temps

 

[Shaun98]

Highest temp in 2 hours of 100% load was 61c and that doesn't sound to bad to me only thing worrying me is that my bios says 40c idle and real-temp tells me my idle is below room temp which cant be right

 

[uguv]

Those temps are fine for an i7 6700k

 

[lifespill]

60c is not only good but great temp for 2 hours of stress test,also during bios temps are always higher than idling in windows,so you have not to worry about your cpu,possible error that caused shutdown may be your psu.

 

[Shaun98]

Thanks for the help. stopped the stress test now is there any chance I've damaged my CPU in anyway by running the test for 2 hours

 

[lifespill]

Thanks for the help. stopped the stress test now is there any chance I've damaged my CPU in anyway by running the test for 2 hours

No,stress testing a cpu is absolutely safe if temps and voltages are normal,keep in mind that they are people who stress test their cpus for 10+hours in search of a stable overclock,so dont worry.

 

[Spencer_10]

Are you trolling? Thats really good!

 

[Shaun98]

No, it's my first build and I've spent around £900 and I'm worrying about every possible thing hahah I know it's probably OK but like to make sure and get a few other opinions. Guess it's probably a psu issue if anything then...

 

[Spencer_10]

Prime will actually make your CPU run 5-10c hotter than any other real world application. Many people advise against using it as the temps can kills the CPU