- Jun 6, 2007
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Hi there. I have noticed that my computer has lost performance lately. It is an old Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 with 2.40 GHz. I used to run some games quite well, with graphics in the middle to high settings. I have also a GTX 650 with 1MB and 8GB RAM. Using Windows 8.1 Pro.
I know that it is not a good configuration for nowadays games. But I am talking about games from 2010, 2011. They ran very good before. Now, I notice this low performance for some games that I ran before.
I then started to look for any kind of problems. First I noticed that, in some cases, the CPU won't use more than 35% and 45% (at least that's what I noticed). In the windows resource monitor, it shows that the CPU only gets a 65% of maximum frequency.
Then I checked the Award BIOS to see if any value for the CPU was set wrong or inappropriately. . What I saw there shocked me. The CPU temp was showing 83°C and the Current System temp was in 39°C.
I decided to run some CPU temp monitoring software. First I tried ThrottleStop. It showed that the 2 cores are varying in temperature. During a TS Bench, one core went to -28°C and the other one to 95°C. After the benchmark, both cores went back to something between 85°C to 89°C. The SpeedFan software, in the other hand, shows a temp range for the cores of 60°C to 65°C.
All the fans are working fine. The fan 1 is reporting 2744 RPM and the fan 2 1313 RPM. I don't know which fan is which. But I have the CPU fan and a case fan.
So, who might help clarify my doubt. Could be some problem with the CPU and it is going to failure in some shortly future? Is there a problem that is causing the heating of the CPU?
BTW, I didn't do any overclocking. Left the BIOS setting in its default.
Thank you.
Here are some screenshots of both programs.
I know that it is not a good configuration for nowadays games. But I am talking about games from 2010, 2011. They ran very good before. Now, I notice this low performance for some games that I ran before.
I then started to look for any kind of problems. First I noticed that, in some cases, the CPU won't use more than 35% and 45% (at least that's what I noticed). In the windows resource monitor, it shows that the CPU only gets a 65% of maximum frequency.
Then I checked the Award BIOS to see if any value for the CPU was set wrong or inappropriately. . What I saw there shocked me. The CPU temp was showing 83°C and the Current System temp was in 39°C.
I decided to run some CPU temp monitoring software. First I tried ThrottleStop. It showed that the 2 cores are varying in temperature. During a TS Bench, one core went to -28°C and the other one to 95°C. After the benchmark, both cores went back to something between 85°C to 89°C. The SpeedFan software, in the other hand, shows a temp range for the cores of 60°C to 65°C.
All the fans are working fine. The fan 1 is reporting 2744 RPM and the fan 2 1313 RPM. I don't know which fan is which. But I have the CPU fan and a case fan.
So, who might help clarify my doubt. Could be some problem with the CPU and it is going to failure in some shortly future? Is there a problem that is causing the heating of the CPU?
BTW, I didn't do any overclocking. Left the BIOS setting in its default.
Thank you.
Here are some screenshots of both programs.
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