Weird CPU Temperatures 30-100c while idling. SS and CPUID HWMonitor info inside, help diagnose please

[Neflak]

Went on a 4 day vacation (computer was powered down the whole time), came back and my computer went from 30-100c while sitting idle on its first bootup. I use CPUID HWMonitor for temperature monitoring as well as corsair link because I use a h100i cooling system. Here is a SS of the temperatures as of this evening (after I put new Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste on according to their application guidelines for my cpu) CPUID HWMonitor+Corsair Link SS This isn't at the peak of its temperature scale, but as you can see it is 2% load and 70c, it just continues to climb and climb so I got my data and powered it down.

Sadly this has happened before, and the only way I fixed it was by just continuing to reapply thermal paste until I booted up and temperatures were "normal" but still not as low as they should have been. Seems like something else is going on, but unable to figure it out. Typical use for my computer is gaming, movie watching/streaming and that's about it... nothing crazy or over the top.

My setup is as follows:
Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

Potential relevant information: The h100i is working as far as I can tell, the corsair link shows the pump running, fans running and the water inside the tubes is also heating up when core temps rise (as far as the software says anyways). I live in San Jose, California but my computer is on the ground in the vicinity of a heating vent (room temp is probably 60-70F). No overclocking, it is very clean and wires are well managed.

CPUID HWMonitor Report inside

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CPUID HWMonitor Report
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Binaries
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HWMonitor version 1.3.0.0

Monitoring
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Mainboard Model H97 Anniversary (0x0000056A - 0x43821B7C)

LPCIO
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LPCIO Vendor Nuvoton
LPCIO Model NCT6776
LPCIO Vendor ID 0x5CA3
LPCIO Chip ID 0xC3
LPCIO Revision ID 0x33
Config Mode I/O address 0x2E
Config Mode LDN 0xB
Config Mode registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 FF FF 00 FF FF FF FF 0B FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
10 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF F8 6E 00 00 FF FF
20 C3 33 FF 00 5C 00 00 00 00 FF C0 00 80 00 00 01
30 E1 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
40 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
50 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
60 02 90 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
70 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290


Hardware Monitors
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Hardware monitor Nuvoton NCT6776
Voltage 0 0.87 Volts [0x6D] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 1 0.18 Volts [0x16] (VIN1)
Voltage 2 3.41 Volts [0xD5] (AVCC)
Voltage 3 3.39 Volts [0xD4] (3VCC)
Voltage 4 0.48 Volts [0x3C] (VIN4)
Voltage 5 1.86 Volts [0xE9] (VIN5)
Voltage 6 1.70 Volts [0xD4] (VIN6)
Temperature 0 28 degC (82 degF) [0x1C] (SYSTIN)
Temperature 1 40 degC (104 degF) [0x1B0] (CPUTIN)
Temperature 2 13 degC (55 degF) [0x1E6] (AUXTIN)
Temperature 3 88 degC (190 degF) [0x58] (TMPIN3)
Hardware registers
Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290
bank 0
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 04 FF 04 FF 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
10 04 FF 00 FF FF FF FF FF 40 00 00 00 00 7E 00 00
20 6D 15 D4 D3 3C E6 D4 1C FF FF FF DA 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF
40 03 DE 5F FF FF 80 3F FF 2D FF FF FF 18 05 00 A3
50 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF C1 FF FF FF FF 00 00 FF
60 A2 FF FF FF FF 01 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
70 00 0A 00 58 00 58 00 58 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
80 FF 03 1F 0F FF 3C 3C 3C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 0A 00 00 00 00 0A 0A 0A 0A AA EF 80 FF 40 46 C4
A0 0E 01 00 00 FF 00 00 FF 00 00 80 66 66 06 01 01
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 2A 00 1C 00 00 34 28 80 C4 FF
C0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0D 03 FF FF FF FF FF
D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
bank 1
80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
bank 2
80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
bank 3
80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
bank 4
80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
bank 5
80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
bank 6
80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
bank 7
80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

Hardware monitor AMD ADL
Temperature 0 40 degC (104 degF) [0x28] (TMPIN0)
Clock Speed 0 471.65 MHz [0x1D7] (Graphics)
Clock Speed 1 1500.00 MHz [0x1D7] (Memory)


Processors
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4

APICs
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Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 2
-- Core 2
-- Thread 0 4
-- Core 3
-- Thread 0 6

Timers
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Perf timer 3.125 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name Intel Core i5 4460
Codename Haswell
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 1150 LGA (0x1)
CPUID 6.C.3
Extended CPUID 6.3C
Core Stepping C0
Technology 22 nm
TDP Limit 84.0 Watts
Tjmax 100.0 °C
Core Speed 3399.9 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 34.0 x 100.0 MHz
Stock frequency 3200 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 6 MBytes, 12-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes


Turbo Mode supported, enabled
Max non-turbo ratio 32x
Max turbo ratio 34x
Max efficiency ratio 8x
O/C bins none
Ratio 1 core 34x
Ratio 2 cores 34x
Ratio 3 cores 33x
Ratio 4 cores 32x
TSC 3200.0 MHz
APERF 3399.0 MHz
MPERF 1180585088.0 MHz
IA Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
IA Voltage Offset 0 mV
GT Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
GT Voltage Offset 0 mV
LLC/Ring Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
LLC/Ring Voltage Offset 0 mV
Agent Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
Agent Voltage Offset 0 mV

Temperature 0 85 degC (185 degF) (Core #0)
Temperature 1 83 degC (181 degF) (Core #1)
Temperature 2 83 degC (181 degF) (Core #2)
Temperature 3 84 degC (183 degF) (Core #3)
Temperature 4 86 degC (186 degF) (Package)
Voltage 0 1.00 Volts (VID)
Voltage 1 +0.00 Volts (IA Offset)
Voltage 2 +0.00 Volts (GT Offset)
Voltage 3 +0.00 Volts (LLC/Ring Offset)
Voltage 4 +0.00 Volts (System Agent Offset)
Power 0 17.85 W (Package)
Power 1 11.40 W (IA Cores)
Power 2 n.a. (GT)
Power 3 6.45 W (Uncore)
Power 4 1.15 W (DRAM)
Clock Speed 0 3399.93 MHz (Core #0)
Clock Speed 1 3399.93 MHz (Core #1)
Clock Speed 2 3299.94 MHz (Core #2)
Clock Speed 3 3199.94 MHz (Core #3)


Thread dumps
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CPU Thread 0
APIC ID 0
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0
Type 01020205h
Max CPUID level 0000000Dh
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 256 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 3, U, 6 MB, 16 thread(s)

CPUID
0x00000000 0x0000000D 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69
0x00000001 0x000306C3 0x00100800 0x7FFAFBBF 0xBFEBFBFF
0x00000002 0x76036301 0x00F0B6FF 0x00000000 0x00C10000
0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x1C004121 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x1C004122 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x1C004143 0x01C0003F 0x000001FF 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x1C03C163 0x02C0003F 0x00001FFF 0x00000006
0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000003 0x00042120
0x00000006 0x00000077 0x00000002 0x00000001 0x00000000
0x00000007 0x00000000 0x000027AB 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x0000000A 0x07300803 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000603
0x0000000B 0x00000001 0x00000001 0x00000100 0x00000000
0x0000000B 0x00000004 0x00000004 0x00000201 0x00000000
0x0000000C 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x0000000D 0x00000007 0x00000340 0x00000340 0x00000000
0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000021 0x2C100800
0x80000002 0x65746E49 0x2952286C 0x726F4320 0x4D542865
0x80000003 0x35692029 0x3634342D 0x43202030 0x40205550
0x80000004 0x322E3320 0x7A484730 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x01006040 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000100
0x80000008 0x00003027 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

MSR 0x0000001B 0x00000000 0xFEE00900
MSR 0x0000003A 0x00000000 0x00000005
MSR 0x000001A0 0x00000000 0x00850089
MSR 0x000000CE 0x00080838 0xF3012000
MSR 0x00000017 0x00040000 0x00000000
MSR 0x00000035 0x00000000 0x00040004
MSR 0x000000C1 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x000000C2 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x000000C3 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x000000C4 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x00000186 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x00000187 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x000001AD 0x00000000 0x20212222
MSR 0x00000194 0x00000000 0x00010000
MSR 0x0000019A 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x000001A4 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x000001B1 0x00000000 0x880E0A82
MSR 0x000001FC 0x00000000 0x0000005F
MSR 0x00000606 0x00000000 0x000A0E03
MSR 0x00000601 0x00101414 0x00001F40
MSR 0x00000610 0x00428348 0x001A82A0
MSR 0x00000611 0x00000000 0x00FB8677
MSR 0x00000639 0x00000000 0x0062C77C
MSR 0x00000641 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x00000619 0x00000000 0x001B9155
MSR 0x00000614 0x00000000 0x000002A0
MSR 0x0000019C 0x00000000 0x880F0282
MSR 0x000001A2 0x00000000 0x00641400
MSR 0x00000198 0x00001FEB 0x00002200
MSR 0x00000199 0x00000000 0x00002200


Storage
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Drive 0
Device Path \\?\scsi#disk&ven_samsung&prod_ssd_850_evo_250g#4&17780f2c&0&050000#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
Type Fixed
Name Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250G
Capacity 232.9 GB
SMART Support Yes
Volume d:\, 232.8 GBytes (97.9 percent available)

Drive 1
Device Path \\?\scsi#disk&ven_wdc&prod_wd10ezex-08y20a0#4&17780f2c&0&040000#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
Type Fixed
Name WDC WD10EZEX-08Y20A0
Capacity 931.5 GB
SMART Support Yes
Volume c:\, 931.4 GBytes (71.1 percent available)

USB Devices
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USB Device Generic USB Hub, class=0x09, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x8087, product=0x8009
USB Device Generic USB Hub, class=0x09, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x8087, product=0x8001
USB Device USB Composite Device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x045E, product=0x0768
USB Device HID-compliand device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x093A, product=0x2521
USB Device USB Input Device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x1B1C, product=0x0C04

Graphic APIs
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API ATI I/O
API ADL SDK

Display Adapters
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Display adapter 0
Name AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390 Series
Board Manufacturer Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. (MSI)
Codename Hawaii
Technology 28 nm
Memory size 8 GB
Memory type GDDR5
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x1002 (0x1462)
Model ID 0x67B1 (0x2015)
Performance Level 0
Core clock 300.0 MHz
Memory clock 150.0 MHz
Performance Level 1
Core clock 1040.0 MHz
Memory clock 1500.0 MHz


Monitor 0
Model ASUS VS247 ()
ID ACI249A
Serial D9LMTF288042
Manufacturing Date Week 39, Year 2013
Size 23.4 inches
Max Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Horizontal Freq. Range 24-83 kHz
Vertical Freq. Range 50-75 Hz
Max Pixel Clock 170 MHz
Gamma Factor 2.2

Monitor 1
Model ASUS VS247 ()
ID ACI249A
Serial D9LMTF288055
Manufacturing Date Week 39, Year 2013
Size 23.4 inches
Max Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Horizontal Freq. Range 24-83 kHz
Vertical Freq. Range 50-75 Hz
Max Pixel Clock 170 MHz
Gamma Factor 2.2

More than happy to provide more information, please ask and I will provide. I built this computer system just over a year ago from scratch, so it should be nowhere near needing part replacement, unless something was faulty from the beginning. Thanks a lot for taking the time to read my wall o text, and happy holidays!

 

[ktony]

Try to determine if the pump is running. I have an H100i V2, which I moved from an old build to a new. It sat unmounted for a week or so. When I got the new board, CPU, RAM, and set it all up with the H100i, it would barely run long enough to get into BIOS setup. I switched it out for a Hyper 212 I had lying about, and things ran much better.


OK. Reality check A more careful reading of your post makes my theory more doubtful. In my case, I never got far enough to install Windows, much less Link. I have been through serial thermal compound reapplies, too. The interface between chip and cooler seems like a bottleneck, and trying to get the compound just right may be the only way to improve that, short of lapping the plate of the H100i.

Please excuse my initial response. I jumped in too quick. You answer many things up front. It is very strange that the hoses are heating, but the processor isn't getting cooled. Is the air coming out of the radiator suitably warm? I hope you have made progress with this.