I recently have downloaded this free-software called HWiNFO that lets me make graphs with the temperatures, and automatically does the average temperature of a sensor in a specific time, which I found very useful. But, I found that for my CPU, there are a lot of sensors, and I want the sensor that captures the general temperature of my overall CPU. I think it could be the Core Max, or the CPU Package, or CPU (PECI). Between the temps of the Core Max and CPU Package there is not a lot of a difference, but between these two and the CPU (PECI) there is a difference larger than 10 degrees.
Could you help me? Thanks.Screenshot of the temperature sensors
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Temperatures:
- Core #: Actual temperature of a particular CPU core.
- Core Max: The maximum temperature among all cores in the CPU.
- CPU Package: Shown on Intel CPUs, represents a 256-millisecond average value (calculated by CPU) of the hottest temperature sensor within the CPU package.
- CPU IA Cores: Maximum temperature among all computing (x86) cores in CPU (so part of CPU except Uncore and Graphics logic).
- CPU GT Cores: Temperature of the integrated graphics part of CPU (if present).
PECI (Platform Environment Control Interface):
- The main difference between PECI and other thermal monitoring methods is that PECI reports a value expressing the difference between the current temperature and the thermal throttle point (at which the CPU reduces speed to prevent damage due to overheating).
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