The price of peace is eternal vigilance, especially when it comes to hardware. Any spike in temperature or loss of performance needs all our attention, but none of those details will come to light without a monitoring application. Today I'd like to mention CPU Temp developed by the folks at CoderBag. In addition to keeping a close eye on the main sensors of our CPU, it also generates very useful real-time reports and graphs.

How to Monitor Your Processor Temperature with CPU Temp
How to monitor the processor temperature

Everything seems to indicate that my computer is ready for a cleaning and a thermal paste change. How did I confirm this? Putting calendars aside, the truth is that a temperature of 50°C at idle while using watercooling is not normal. Performance issues haven't visited me yet, but I know it's only a matter of time, and I need to organize myself.

The point is that no one can give their equipment proper maintenance if they operate blindly. We need data, real-time and historical to confirm or deny whether something is wrong with the temperature. And that's where CPU Temp comes in, a tool created by CoderBag, the same developer as Quick CPU.

Temperature problems? Try CPU Temp

How to Monitor Your Processor Temperature with CPU Temp
Its interface is intuitive and easy to use

The CPU Temp interface is divided into four sections:

  • The first is Home, where we can see in real time the evolution of temperature, the distance to TJMax (that is, how close we are to entering throttling or triggering thermal protection), utilization, core frequency, power, and voltage.
How to Monitor Your Processor Temperature with CPU Temp
If you want lists with sensor data, CPU Temp does not disappoint.
  • The Monitor section closely resembles other monitoring programs, presenting all values in a template with four columns: Current, Minimum, Maximum, and Average. CPU Temp includes multiple export options, ranging from PDF to Excel's XLS.
How to Monitor Your Processor Temperature with CPU Temp
The pie chart helps detect the most used cores
  • CPU Data Charts includes four real-time charts: load distribution, clock distribution, power distribution, and task designation. This is especially useful for detecting which cores are the most "busy" in our system, and if necessary, adjusting their behavior.
How to Monitor Your Processor Temperature with CPU Temp
Don't hesitate to explore the rest of the charts
  • Finally, the Configuration section allows us to recalibrate the minimum and maximum thermal indicators, as well as the time range in the tables.

In summary, CPU Temp doesn't necessarily replace other similar tools, but its ability to record and export data places it in a special spot, and it deserves our attention. The software is free, has no portable version, works with all Windows from Windows 7 onward, and requires .Net 4.7.2 on the system. Link below!

Official site and download: Click here