Temps shoot up.

doughnuts

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This is a repost of this
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1659717/temps-shoot-stress-testing.html.
I accidently selected cmi86 post as best solution


Hello all.

I am still quite new to computers so i'm a noob.
Anyway I built my first gaming rig and its nice. (albeit no gpu yet )
so now I am venturing into overclocking so I decided to do a benchmark as sort of a control. so I set up occ and use linpack (intel burn test I think ) so I start it and 10 seconds later core temps are at 90c and it shuts down. but I know those are not the actual temps because it instantly drops back down to the original temp.
what is the problem?

my specs are
i5-3570k
stock cooler (im getting cm 212 soon)
ASrock z77 pro4
8gb 1600 ram
 

CompuTronix

Intel Master
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Do not use OCCT LinPack for thermal testing; it's intended for stability testing, as it intermittently loads all registers with all one's, which is approximately a 115% workload, and yields fluctuating temperatures!

Prime95 Small FFT's is the standard for thermal testing as it provides a steady-state 100% workload, which in turn yields steady temperatures. Since thermal saturation is reached in 7 to 8 minutes, a 10 minute test is adequate.

You should see a huge difference after you install your 212. Hopefully you purchased the EVO. I checked your other thread, and just so you know, the i5 3570K specs - http://ark.intel.com/products/65520/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz - are as follows:

Power 77 Watts
Idle 6 Watts
Standard Ambient 22C
CPU temperature 67C
Core temperature 72C
Shutdown temperature 105C

Hope this helps,

Comp :sol: