bios temps vs ai suite 3 discrepancy

[spiralmind]

I know this has probably been asked somewhere by someone else, but I wanted a personal response and wanted to get feedback from the community in regards to my own circumstance.

I built a new pc using new parts, from Newegg of course. The mobo is an A88XM-A and the apu is an AMD A10-6790k. The computer was just assembled and has only been used for about 5 days. I've updated to the most recent bios (1003).

My bios temp reads 40-41c idling, and fan rpm is around 1700.
The ASUS AI Suite 3 gives me a reading of 30-32c idling, and fan rpm of about 1250.

From what I have read it is normal to have a discrepancy between bios readouts and software readouts. Does everyone here agree?

Do these temps seem high? There is one or more Newegg reviews that mention this processor runs a little hot. Anyone have a 6790k with these temps? I'm using a Silverstone heatsink/cooler.

I also realize since this was just assembled the thermal temps may level out after a few weeks time, due to the new application of thermal paste.

I'd just like to hear from anyone here in the community, especially anyone with a similar board and APU. Thanks for your time and feedback.

 

[JOOK-D]

It doesn't seem high at all; it seems reasonable. And there often is discrepancy, one may read the socket temp while the other reads the core temp (socket temp is usually higher). You can use a program such as HWiNFO64 (sensors only mode) or HWMonitor to monitor both of these temperatures simultaneously. I wouldn't be concerned unless one of them exceeds 70C.

 

[spiralmind]

It doesn't seem high at all; it seems reasonable. And there often is discrepancy, one may read the socket temp while the other reads the core temp (socket temp is usually higher). You can use a program such as HWiNFO64 (sensors only mode) or HWMonitor to monitor both of these temperatures simultaneously. I wouldn't be concerned unless one of them exceeds 70C.

Thanks Jook, anyone else concur?

 

[GhislainG]

The CPU utilization isn't 0% while in the BIOS and that explains the higher temps and higher fan RPM. You should be able to notice the fan speed drop once the OS is loaded and CPU utilization is very low.