Post your CPU temps

This is a thread intended for us to post our CPU temps. Please link to or upload to this forum a capture of your temps if you can but that is not necessary if you can't do this.

You can post your temps at idle and load and also state if you've undervolted your processor or not. If you can remember what your temps were like before you undervolted then please state those as well.

You can use HW Monitor or Speedfan
Using the Orthos CPU stress test is also a good way to get your load temps.

If you have changed your thermal paste then do state that as well and if you can remember your temps before you changed your thermal paste then please do state those as well.

Please also state what processor you have and also the specs of your system. Also, can you state what power plan that you're using, power saver, balanced or high performance mode. Also, it is best if you can try and run the stress test for at least 10 minutes.

I've searched and not seen anything quite like this, there are threads about those getting advice on undervolting and getting a better cooling system which is not quite what this thread is about.

If you also feel you can improve the testing methodology then feel free to state how you feel it can be improved and i will edit what i wrote.

 

Is this thread solely for the CPU, or for all system components?

 

It was intended for CPU temps. Thanks for pointing that out, i will edit my post.

 

Taken from here. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5031385&postcount=533

The CPU has not been undervolted.

 

My cpu has been undervolted. 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo SU9400 runs at .8750V. Before undervolting, max temps were either near 60C or a little above it.

 

Heres mine (First Idle, second Load)



X9000 running at 3.0gHz
Artic Silver Ceremique thermal goop
Gateway 6860FX lappy
Running Win7

I'm not undervolting, i used to, but my temps are so low i've just never redone it.

 

Computer: Sony SZ71WN/C
Processor T9300
Graphics used x3100 PM965 chipset.
Running Vista Ultimate
I have changed the thermal paste on my cpu. It used to idle around 27c.
Also, i haven't undervolted but i tested using Vista's power saver setting.


Kamin, your middle stress test temps are really very good.

These are my temps at idle.


The first test i had no browsers open, this is a test with my browsers open and my computer has been active for quite some time but no stress tests carried out.



Lol, i was doing the wrong stress test, i wasn't doing the blended CPU and ram one.
Anyway, these make more sense. These are my results after a nearly 8 minute stress test. These are pretty good if you ask me. I could hear my fan a bit more from about 44C upwards.

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I have just changed my thermal paste to ICD7. This is my idle test and keep in mind my thermal paste needs time to adjust and also i have done about 4 stress tests today.

 

Intel Burn In is a much better CPU stressor as it brings the biggest meanest CPU to its knees.

 

Approximately half an hour of Bionic Commando at 1366x768 resolution jumped my CPU to 72/69. Sorry for the lack of screenshots

Hardware is in my signature. Laptop is on top of a plastic Targus Best Buy cooler.

CPU is undervolted to 1.250, at standard 3.06 GHz clocks. Artic Silver 5 applied.
GPU is at standard GTX 260m clocks, 550/1375/950 (I post this because the GPU and CPU share the same heatpipe)

 

Only an orthos test will be accurate to test the cpu temp only !!! Cause lots of lap have only one fan for both gpu and cpu. If your gpu is Oced/UVed, it will impact your cpu temps when playing.

 

I know. I'll get to that in a second. I just wanted to give an idea for gaming loads (For which an X9100 is overkill for).

 

This test is as much about cooling system and fan rules as it is about the heat created by the CPU. The following screendump shows various readouts. The Mobilemeter graph in the top right is the most interesting since it shows the temperature variations over the whole test period (however, it reads the ACPI temperature, not the CPU cores). However, the temperature graph provides good insight into the effect of the fan operation.



The graph starts with the fan off and the computer under light load (~25% due to many applications open and >20 open tabs in Firefox). Then a small burst of activity puts the ACPI temperature over 50°C so the fan turns on. It takes a long time for the fan to turn off, so I didn't wait.

The first part of the stress test had the CPU running at 1.05V. After about 5 minutes the ACPU temperature exceeded 75°C so the fan changed to its faster speed and the temperature started to drop. That's when I turned off the undervolting and let the CPU run at its full 1.137V. The temperature climbed again but stabilised. You can also see how quickly the temperature dropped when I stopped the test, but the drop slows down once the fan changes from fast (a noticeable 4800rpm) to slow (a quiet 3000rpm).

The maximum CPU core temperatures were 68°C and 73°C.

The ambient temperature was about 23°C.

John

 

Six Minutes of Orthos.

Hardware is in my signatures.

Laptop on top of a deactivated plastic cooler
CPU undervolted to 1.250 at standard clocks.
Ambient temperature about 22C or so.

Under light load (two internet browsers, multiple tabs) the CPU temperature was 39/38

 

Rachel and john, you don't have any Gpu temps on your rig ???? That's not fair ;-) Of course your temps are low in that case.


I mean look at that, without any undervolting my cpu went
up to 63° core 0/70°C core 1 max after 47 minutes in Orthos. But my gpu goes to 70°C without being even used, gpu's heat is hardly dissipated...That's cause there is only one fan for both.

With undervolting i have 56° core 0/60°C core 1 for the cpu.
However, my cooling system is very weak. That's why i undervolt my gpu too. Now, the gpu never goes above 75°C even after 3 hours of gaming on a roll.

 

May i add that i don't use any "special" thermal paste or any cooling pad and that only 7 minutes in Orthos isn't very significant

 

I did do a 12 minute Orthos test but i did the wrong test may be i might do the test again tomorrow but i've done like 4 tests today.

Also, the HWMonitor that i use only checks those two things that you see listed. I use 32bit OS. That could be reason but i don't know for sure. If you have a link to a better HWMonitor to use Kallogan then please do post it.

 

I don't need the graphics power of a dedicated GPU so I tried to avoid having one. All those extra transistors leak power unless there is a hardware switch to turn it off.

And I have done no customisation of my Dell E6400's cooling system. Perhaps, with its 1st birthday approaching, I should see if it needs cleaning.

John

 

It's not a HWmonitor related issue. You don't have any dedicated gpu on your rig so there is less heat being produced that's all ;-)

Edit : Actually you have a 8400M GS, right ??? However it's only 11W tdp so shouldn't heat much at all.

 

I'm running AS5 and its undervolted. These temps are as good as it can get for my laptop. The cooling system just isn't up to scratch. I do normally have the CPU and GPU idleing around 38c and 48c but my room is slightly warmer today. After hearing good results with ICD 7, I wouldn't mind trying some in the near future.

 

Stock everything, haven't ever opened up my laptop. I think my CPU temps are alright, but the GPU must have a thermal pad or something because it's temps are generally high.

P8600 idle at 38C, load at 53C (orthos - small ffts for 6 mins).
9600M GT idle at 55-70C and full load at ~100C (portal at highest settings ~85C).

<s>lack of screenshots because I don't have an image host and if I upload to imageshack, the pic will be gone in like a week.</s>
edit: uploaded CPU load pic

 

Why don't you attach the image here?

 

I dont have screen shots on hand but the W90 with a Q9000 overclocked to 2.7ghz is just at 40c idle and 60c full load after 15 minutes of OCCT, this is where ICD installed as the TIM but the temps were the same with the stock TIM also, but I think it was AS5 it looked just like it when I took it off.

 

@%$#. I just "x"ed out of Orthos. Don't feel like rerunning the test right now, so you have to take my word.

Don't know why hwmon isn't able to detect my gpu, though I guess it doesn't matter for this.

results: same as always. Idles mid to upper 30s. Low to mid 70s at load. 40s during light use.

details: P9700, slightly undervolted, small footprint notebook (12x9), standard oem cooling, etc.

 

Interesting thread, I'll contribute but I don't know how useful it will be.

My Dell 640m has a T2300 processor, standard onboard video, 2 Gb RAM. I swapped the original T2050 1.6 GHz processor out and the replacement wears Arctic Silver thermal paste. It's undervolted to 0.975v too.

Straight from cold, temperatures spike up to 65 degrees C until the processor fan cycles in. Then the temperatures drop to the mid 40s at the most. That's if I'm gaming, watching a DVD, benchmarking, whatever. The notebook sits on a Coolermaster Notepal Infinite.

Before, the temperature was at least 60 degrees under stress. With Dell's "thermal pad" and a lower clock speed.

 

Using OCCT for one hour (OCCT test), I hit 85 Celsius maximum on my T7500 in my Dell Inspiron 1520. That's a good 10 Celsius above what I normally hit in day-to-day 100% usage, but ambient temperature may be having an impact as well (79 Fahrenheit right now; higher than I usually have). I also stressed my 8600M GT for part of this.

The CPU is undervolted to 1.0125V at 2.2 GHz, the minimum I can hit before BSOD's occur. Stock is 1.2375V. Two 2 GB, DDR2 667, CL5 SO-DIMMs are installed, and the operating system is XP Pro x64. No notebook coolers were used.

I suspect I would get a nice temperature drop if I were to clean out my fans. So long as I remember to undervolt I'm fine, but if I forget the temperatures get into the nineties.

edit: Power settings are set to "Portable/Laptop" in XP's Control Panel, but what that means is the laptop never goes to sleep, hibernates, or turns off the screen, and only turns off the hard drives on battery (I tweaked the settings a bit). What I actually use for power management is RMClock 2.35, with Performance on Demand most of the time, Maximal Performance for this test (2.2 GHz locked), and Power Saving most of the time on battery (600 MHz locked).

 

kallogan i retested. Btw, i do have a 8400GS as well, my laptop has a dual graphics card but i never use the dedicated card as i have no need for it.

These are my results with ICD7 one day after me changing my thermal compound. All i have to say is wow, i was not expecting my results to be any better. Even with stock thermal compound my temps were very good.

These were my temps this afternoon with FF open. Even with AS5 i have never seen my temps dip below 24C. Remember as well i don't undervolt but i ran these tests using power saver. The lowest i have seen my temps today is go to 19C. My computer was active for several hours at this point.


I ran the stress test for 20 mins. I made some observations. It took 4 mins 40s for my CPU to hit 40C.It took my CPU 6 mins 40 to hit 44C and this is when i started hearing the fan come on more. Up until 20 mins it was really just a case of my computer mainly dipping back to 43-44C and peaking at 45C a couple of times.

My cooling system is pretty average, it is nothing special.
I will state this again, my processor is a T9300 2.5ghz 6MB.
Go results


Idle results, my computer recovered pretty well in a matter of a few minutes.


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This is what i got using high performance mode.
Ignore the 17C that you see as my computer dropped to that when my screen blanked out in idle when i was using power saver. 19C is the lowest that i will with my desktop in place. It jumped up to 22C straight away when i switched over to high performance mode. This is also my second time today of running a quite long stress test.
Go

Idle

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2nd edit
Lol, just for fun I spoke to soon about 17C being temps that i don't actually see. 10 mins fresh from boot with FF up second day after ICD7 using power saver. I guess power saver is like undervolting but may be just not as effective.

 

Man.. I haven't seen my CPU temps much higher than 53C before, but with the OCCT Linpack CPU Test, my CPU has shot up to 61C..

Was run on the Balanced power plan.

 

OCCT burns like a MAN!




This is running on the 9400m chipset (whole chipset to the computer and GPU ) @ on the same heat sink. If i disable the intergrated GPU i would shave 3-5 c off


ALSO @ 3.0 ghz

 

Man discovered fire because of OCCT, haha.

The power supply test always brings my system to it's knees.

 

Done undervolting, change thermal paste, with cooler. Spec as on the sig.
First picture is current result.
Second picture is temperature at 09 March 2008, with all stock.
Third, idle temp.

 

Rachel, your temps are crazy low, almost paranormal You're way cooler than the average lap...

Also I'm surprised too to see a that big difference by just changin' thermal paste, that's impressive.

 

Two minutes in Orthos let me laugh ;-) Where are your gpus all ????? you have weak rigs so it's normal that they remain cool.

 

when my system is built for quads running 3+ ghz i don't think it will get any hotter .... only OCCT will push it higher to about 60c


WEAK

i have a M17x you know the brand new one ?

I usually run 3.25 on my P8600 for benchmarking because 3.3 is to unstable due to the voltage issues....gaming it stays under 60 @ ALL times

 

lol my mistake your cooling system seems to be a beast like always on alienwares.

 

lol its ok

i boobed my thermal paste job

put a bit to much and its running little warmer now only about 1 c from stock paste so i know i screwed up



EDIT :

not always :wub:

 

I must say that temps seem to depend more on the cooling system quality used than on a P9XXX or T9XXX core story. And on the notebook size of course. A larger lap is always cooler. But if you have a poor cooling system, Pxxx core helps a lot at full load for sure. And especially during long gaming sessions when you've got a hot dedicated gpu on the same fan ;-)

Also sometimes manufacturers seem to put too high stock voltages. When you got stock 1,25V on the core while it's actually stable on 1V like on my old T5800. Well, that's about 15 degrees less....And on a lap which overheats easily, it makes a huge difference. So they suck on that. And i don't speak about idle stock voltage that was at 1,05V !!!! (0,875V on P9600) .Even my old T2250 was on stock 0,950V in idle mode...

 

Everybody is using Orthos, but we are all running it for different periods. Afetr 5 minutes of Orthos, my temps were great, but by the time I hit 30 minutes, they were low 60s. We need to standardise some parameters (like test time, and computer settings ie max performance) if we are going to make any useful comparisons.

Regards to all.

 

15 to 20 minutes is the norm. People are just lazy to wait that long.

 

I think the OCCT Linpack CPU Test would be better to use than orthos, because you can set the period of time for stressing and after it finishes, it gives you a temperature graph in PNG format.

Also, I get higher temperatures with this than with Orthos.

 

The small fftps test is less stressful, yesterday when i did this test my results didn't even hit 40C.

I have to say that I never realised that i needed to run the tests in high performance mode. I was running them in power saver as i thought the test overrides whatever power plan you use like it does with some tests that i have done online.

I thought the power plan did not matter. However, after discussing with wettek i did my tests again as we have the same computer and i read another thread that they had higher temps then i stated here so i sent them a PM about this.
I know now that the Orthos does not override whatever power plan settings you use.

I use my computer in power saver at all times. In high performance mode i get idle temps around 22C. However, my max temp shot up to 66C after 31 minutes and went back down to 28C in a matter of minutes. So, it is important to state what power plan you use. I will also suggest that we should try and run the test for at least 10 mins.

I will edit my posts and say what power settings i used. Also, i will add to the first post to ask people to state what power saving they use.

 

So 66°C actually hum I knew there was a trick

 

I think this is another thing that varies from system to system. The small FFTs test is by far the toughest one for my machine.

 

It is still quite good though but not that good lol.
I added the new scores to the first post that i made today.

 

Yep it's quite good especially without UVing. It's difficult to get lower temps than mid-60s at full load cause the fan only accelerates/turns on over 60°C. (at least in my case)

 

I'd have to agree on IntelBurnTest, at least on my setup. Here are some power measurements taken with Orthos and iBurn.

Gromacs - 38W
Small FFTs - 41W
Blend - 44W
Large FFTs - 46W

IntelBurn - 52W


From what I have seen both OCCT and iBurn are wrappers for Intels Linpack although the OCCT I downloaded seemed to have an older Linpack version. You could probably easily update these though and maybe gain another ~5-10% increase in temps by downloading the latest version from Intel and placing them in the OCCT linpack folder.

 

OCCT results:

 

Here are my temps:

Load and idle, note that my P8400 is undervolted