i7 8700k 4.77ghz + h100i v2 high temps?

My temps are at rougly 55-65 degrees gaming, but that is when the load is around 20-40%. It spikes over 70 sometimes during loading screens etc.For example when i play rocket league, the cpu is at 19% load and the cores is 60 degrees. Where can i find a more suitable test program then? idle temps are at 35 degrees rougly.

I have a i7 8700k 4.8ghz with a h100i v2 with noctua nf 12 fans. The voltage is set to 1.23 in bios. Are these safe temps? I am running aida64 and it has been running for about 18minutes in that picture. Is there any more headroom for me to overclock further? really need some advice because this is my first time doing this!

Picture: https://gyazo.com/ec5020596c14e6f9a595c4a928d065ec

Kind Regards

Yes those are acceptable temps. You have some room to go higher if you want.

Refer to the Intel Temperature Guide by @CompuTronix for more info.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html

"Here's the nominal operating range for Core temperature:

Core temperatures above 85°C are not recommended.

Core temperatures below 80°C are ideal.

Core temperatures increase and decrease with Ambient temperature."

Hmm okay! And is that graph based on avarage temps or just maximum peaks during for example aida64? i have rougly 10 degrees to spare as of right now to an avarage of 80 degrees celcius. My maximum peak on a core was 86. But the avarage on all cores are 70 degrees at 4.8ghz 1.325 voltage.

wolfriderscrew,

On behalf of Tom's Moderator Team, welcome aboard!

If you'd like to know what the above Core temperature scale is based on, then read our Guide. Incidentally, you didn't mention ambient temperature, which can be a huge variable. Just so we don't proceed on false assumptions, ambient temperature should always be stated right up front. Core temperatures increase and decrease with ambient temperature. Since users write to us from all corners of the planet, is it 10°C or 40°C where you live? Standard or "normal" room temperature is 22°C or 72°F.

terry4536,

Respectfully, as you made no mention of the thermal or workload differences between Prime95 VERSION 26.6 and later versions, then perhaps you're not yet aware that the workload issue with Prime95 is strictly version specific, which is well known. See the ***Note*** below. Contrary to your blanket statement concerning Prime95, version 26.6 Small FFT's is the best test to validate thermal performance. This has been meticulously researched, tested and proven.

Not all loads are created equal. “Stress” tests can be characterized into two categories; stability tests which are fluctuating workloads, and thermal tests which are steady workloads. Intel tests their processors at a steady 100% TDP workload to validate Thermal Specifications.

Prime95 version 26.6 Small FFT's is ideal for CPU thermal testing, because it's a steady 100% workload with steady Core temperatures, which allows accurate measurements of Core temperatures, and typically runs Core i variants with Hyperthreading and Core 2 processors within +/- a few % of TDP. A steady 100% workload is key for thermal testing so the CPU, cooler, socket, motherboard and voltage regulators can thermally stabilize. No other utility more closely replicates Intel's test conditions than P95 v26.6 Small FFT's.

Utilities that don't overload or underload your processor will give you a valid thermal baseline. Here’s a comparison of utilities grouped as thermal and stability tests according to % of TDP, averaged across six processor Generations at stock settings rounded to the nearest 5%:

Higher TDP tests produce higher Core temperatures. All tests will show 100% CPU Utilization in Windows Task Manager, which indicates processor resource activity, not % TDP workload. Although actual Power dissipation (Watts) varies with Core Speed, Core voltage and workload, Prime95 v26.6 Small FFT’s always provides a steady 100% workload, whether you’re running stock or overlocked.

***Note*** 2nd through 8th Generation i3, i5 and i7 CPU's have AVX (Advanced Vector Extension) Instruction Sets. Prime95 versions later than 26.6 run AVX code on the CPU's Floating Point Unit (FPU) which causes unrealistic temperatures up to 20°C higher due to an excessively high TDP workload, as shown above. Other high TDP utilities have similar results.

AVX can be disabled in Prime95 versions later than 26.6 by inserting "CpuSupportsAVX=0" into the "local.txt" file in Prime95's folder. However, since Core temperatures will be the same as 26.6, it's easier to just use 26.6. AVX doesn't affect Core i 1st Generation, Core 2, Pentium or Celeron processors since they don't have AVX Instruction Sets.

If you’re overclocked and run AVX apps such as for rendering or transcoding, you may need to reduce Vcore and Core speed or upgrade your cooler and case fans so Core temperatures don’t reach 85°C. Many 6th, 7th and 8th Generation motherboards address the AVX problem by providing offset adjustments in BIOS. An offset of -2 (200 MHz) is usually sufficient.

wolfriderscrew,

There's no mention of WHICH of the 15 possible tests involving the CPU was used in AIDA64; any will give different thermal results:

(1) CPU
(2) FPU
(3) Cache
(4) RAM
(5) CPU, FPU
(6) CPU, Cache
(7) CPU, RAM
(8) FPU, Cache
(9) FPU, RAM
(10) Cache, RAM
(11) CPU, FPU, Cache
(12) CPU, FPU, RAM
(13) CPU, Cache, RAM
(14) FPU, Cache, RAM
(15) CPU, FPU, Cache, RAM

That's a lot of variables.

Guys,

This is a complex topic that's poorly understood by the vast majority of users, so when discussing environmental, hardware and software variables and test methods, it's crucial to be very specific. The only way to make sense of the topic is to reduce it to the lowest common denominator by minimizing or eliminating as many variables as possible. This allows apples-to-apples comparisons where results are always consistent and repeatable.

For everyone's benefit, volkgren was thoughtful enough to provide a link to our Guide, which among many other items, explains how to correctly perform a thermal test to establish a valid baseline. It's a Sticky near the top of our CPU's Forum, but here it is again: Intel Temperature Guide - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html

Keep in mind there's an overwhelming amount of misinformation everywhere on the Internet concerning this topic, so if you'd like to get yourselves up to speed, then just read our Guide.

wolfriderscrew,

Once again, welcome aboard!

CT

wolfriderscrew,

On behalf of Tom's Moderator Team, welcome aboard!

If you'd like to know what the above Core temperature scale is based on, then read our Guide. Incidentally, you didn't mention ambient temperature, which can be a huge variable. Just so we don't proceed on false assumptions, ambient temperature should always be stated right up front. Core temperatures increase and decrease with ambient temperature. Since users write to us from all corners of the planet, is it 10°C or 40°C where you live? Standard or "normal" room temperature is 22°C or 72°F.

terry4536,

Respectfully, as you made no mention of the thermal or workload differences between Prime95 VERSION 26.6 and later versions, then perhaps you're not yet aware that the workload issue with Prime95 is strictly version specific, which is well known. See the ***Note*** below. Contrary to your blanket statement concerning Prime95, version 26.6 Small FFT's is the best test to validate thermal performance. This has been meticulously researched, tested and proven.

Not all loads are created equal. “Stress” tests can be characterized into two categories; stability tests which are fluctuating workloads, and thermal tests which are steady workloads. Intel tests their processors at a steady 100% TDP workload to validate Thermal Specifications.

Prime95 version 26.6 Small FFT's is ideal for CPU thermal testing, because it's a steady 100% workload with steady Core temperatures, which allows accurate measurements of Core temperatures, and typically runs Core i variants with Hyperthreading and Core 2 processors within +/- a few % of TDP. A steady 100% workload is key for thermal testing so the CPU, cooler, socket, motherboard and voltage regulators can thermally stabilize. No other utility more closely replicates Intel's test conditions than P95 v26.6 Small FFT's.

Utilities that don't overload or underload your processor will give you a valid thermal baseline. Here’s a comparison of utilities grouped as thermal and stability tests according to % of TDP, averaged across six processor Generations at stock settings rounded to the nearest 5%:

Higher TDP tests produce higher Core temperatures. All tests will show 100% CPU Utilization in Windows Task Manager, which indicates processor resource activity, not % TDP workload. Although actual Power dissipation (Watts) varies with Core Speed, Core voltage and workload, Prime95 v26.6 Small FFT’s always provides a steady 100% workload, whether you’re running stock or overlocked.

***Note*** 2nd through 8th Generation i3, i5 and i7 CPU's have AVX (Advanced Vector Extension) Instruction Sets. Prime95 versions later than 26.6 run AVX code on the CPU's Floating Point Unit (FPU) which causes unrealistic temperatures up to 20°C higher due to an excessively high TDP workload, as shown above. Other high TDP utilities have similar results.

AVX can be disabled in Prime95 versions later than 26.6 by inserting "CpuSupportsAVX=0" into the "local.txt" file in Prime95's folder. However, since Core temperatures will be the same as 26.6, it's easier to just use 26.6. AVX doesn't affect Core i 1st Generation, Core 2, Pentium or Celeron processors since they don't have AVX Instruction Sets.

If you’re overclocked and run AVX apps such as for rendering or transcoding, you may need to reduce Vcore and Core speed or upgrade your cooler and case fans so Core temperatures don’t reach 85°C. Many 6th, 7th and 8th Generation motherboards address the AVX problem by providing offset adjustments in BIOS. An offset of -2 (200 MHz) is usually sufficient.

wolfriderscrew,

There's no mention of WHICH of the 15 possible tests involving the CPU was used in AIDA64; any will give different thermal results:

(1) CPU
(2) FPU
(3) Cache
(4) RAM
(5) CPU, FPU
(6) CPU, Cache
(7) CPU, RAM
(8) FPU, Cache
(9) FPU, RAM
(10) Cache, RAM
(11) CPU, FPU, Cache
(12) CPU, FPU, RAM
(13) CPU, Cache, RAM
(14) FPU, Cache, RAM
(15) CPU, FPU, Cache, RAM

That's a lot of variables.

Guys,

This is a complex topic that's poorly understood by the vast majority of users, so when discussing environmental, hardware and software variables and test methods, it's crucial to be very specific. The only way to make sense of the topic is to reduce it to the lowest common denominator by minimizing or eliminating as many variables as possible. This allows apples-to-apples comparisons where results are always consistent and repeatable.

For everyone's benefit, volkgren was thoughtful enough to provide a link to our Guide, which among many other items, explains how to correctly perform a thermal test to establish a valid baseline. It's a Sticky near the top of our CPU's Forum, but here it is again: Intel Temperature Guide - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html

Keep in mind there's an overwhelming amount of misinformation everywhere on the Internet concerning this topic, so if you'd like to get yourselves up to speed, then just read our Guide.

wolfriderscrew,

Once again, welcome aboard!

CT