Two very different temperature readings

[Ne0Wolf7]

Hello everyone,
I was considering overclocking my CPU (not really made for that, but thought I'd try) and when I ran Intel's extreme tuners benchmark, I got 100 degrees from them and 39 degrees from speedfan. I know speedfan gives me accurate reading on my GPU because I matches up with afterburner and Precision, so what should I trust?

 

[TheZek42]

Hello everyone,
I was considering overclocking my CPU (not really made for that, but thought I'd try) and when I ran Intel's extreme tuners benchmark, I got 100 degrees from them and 39 degrees from speedfan. I know speedfan gives me accurate reading on my GPU because I matches up with afterburner and Precision, so what should I trust?

Woah, 100 degrees celsius? Do you have an aftermarket cooler? I wouldn't really trust Speedfan, get Hardware 64 (or 32, depending on OS).

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

I have stock cooler, but its just a 5 minute thing. Throttling was yes, though, should I be concerned?

 

[TheZek42]

I have stock cooler, but its just a 5 minute thing. Throttling was yes, though, should I be concerned?

What CPU do you have? "Throttling was yes" Do you mean that it started throttling? I wouldn't OC with the stock cooler.

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

When I say "throttling was yes, I mean that in Intel's tool, it told me I was thermal throttling. I know that overclocking on the stock cooler never goes far, but my CPU (Intel Xeon E3 1231 V3) is known to run cool. About the temperature readings from speedfan: my CPU temp seems to always be exactly 39. About Intel's readings: they really don't make sense, the temperatures change so quickly, and when the CPU is literally just showing that screen, temps range from 40-59. How would I check with Hardware 64?

 

[grimsin]

try using other programs, core temp,real temp, cpuid. use one a t a time as opening multple programs can mess with readings. you should find a consistency using all of those program

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

Now I've downloaded GeekBench 4 and ran its benchmark. I got from speedfan, despite it's showing me 100% utilization at times, remained static at 39; Intel said that that max was 74 and told a similar story of utilization. I always though my CPU is supposed to run cool (from reviews online). I wanted to overclock it because user bench told me that my CPU was drastically under performing others of its kind, it used to say that for my GPU, but then I OCed it and almost set a record... I guess the CPU overclocking was not meant to be, lol. I don't get how Intel's tool can have temops jump so much though, on idle it will range from 40 to 50.

 

[TheZek42]

When I say "throttling was yes, I mean that in Intel's tool, it told me I was thermal throttling. I know that overclocking on the stock cooler never goes far, but my CPU (Intel Xeon E3 1231 V3) is known to run cool. About the temperature readings from speedfan: my CPU temp seems to always be exactly 39. About Intel's readings: they really don't make sense, the temperatures change so quickly, and when the CPU is literally just showing that screen, temps range from 40-59. How would I check with Hardware 64?

Download it and it will give you Min, Max, Avg, TJ Max temps, VCOREs, frequency, everything you need. Great program.
Download either the 32 or 64 bit version, depending on your OS type. I have included a link to find out if you aren't sure how to find out whether you have 32 or 64 bit version.
Here's a link to the HW64 website.
https://www.hwinfo.com/download.php
Here's a link to find out what OS type you have.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/kb/827218

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

I had done that, but it took me a while to figure out hardware. Turns out Intel was correct... I guess I should have an aftermarket cooler regardless!
Thanks!

 

[TheZek42]

I had done that, but it took me a while to figure out hardware. Turns out Intel was correct... I guess I should have an aftermarket cooler regardless!
Thanks!

Anytime man, if you ever need help just DM me.