The central processor occupies a dominant position in any computer system. It is he who is responsible for all the computing operations. And when their number increases excessively, he simply does not cope with this task, which leads to an increase in temperature. Therefore, it is important to control this indicator. Consider the urgent question of how to find out the processor temperature in Windows 10.
Preliminary information
If we talk about Windows operating systems, in particular, the tenth version, no matter how good or bad it may be, it is believed that they do not seem to have their own means for controlling the temperature of the CPU (central processor).
Many do not understand why the developers did not include such an important tool in the system suite. But it is precisely on it that one can often judge the behavior of the computer as a whole. This is an absolute misconception (it will be understood later why).
Why do I need CPU temperature control?
So, we have before us such an important parameter as the processor temperature in Windows 10. How to find out or control it will be said a little later, but for now we will make a small digression.
As mentioned above, the processor plays a major role in the system. What is fraught with an increase in its temperature? Only because the clock speed decreases first, and then the software part (operating system, running services, processes, programs and applications) starts, to put it mildly, to slow down. It turns out that the processor can not cope with too many hits, which leads to overheating.
Naturally, for its cooling in any computer device (desktop PC or laptop) there is a special cooler (cooler). However, with too much heat, he may not be able to cope with the task assigned to him. But the consequences can be the most unpredictable, up to the processor failure.
A similar situation is observed in the case of software or physical overclocking of the processor in order to increase its clock frequency to improve performance. And here the knowledge of the question of how to check the temperature of the processor in Windows 10 or in any other system is especially acute. Such control is needed in order to reduce the load in time and, as they say, give the processor a “respite” in operation.
How to find the processor temperature in Windows 10 without programs?
Although it is possible to carry out temperature control in the system itself, it is rather difficult without special knowledge. However, this does not mean that it cannot be recognized without the help of extraneous means. In any stationary computer terminal or laptop, this is done elementarily, if you use the settings of the parameters of the primary BIOS I / O system.
When entering the BIOS, you should find the section for monitoring the status of PC components. It can be called in different ways, for example, PC Health, System Health, Hardware Monitor, etc. Just in this section there is a control line for this parameter. Usually it is called CPU Warning Temperature.
It can indicate several values: the current temperature of the processor, the critical elevated temperature, before which the processor will still work, or the minimum value below zero. If the specified threshold is exceeded, it will simply fail. With all this, monitoring is carried out in real time. In the simplest case, the processor temperature in Windows 10 on a laptop or stationary terminal is checked in just such a simple way.
Using your own system funds
Now about the system’s own resources. There is such a thing in Windows as PowerShell. For some reason, they simply forget about it. Let's see how to find the processor temperature in Windows 10 using this tool.
If you run this utility on behalf of the administrator, you need to register get-wmiobject msacpi_thermalzonetemperature -namespace "root / wmi" in it.
If you run the command line, the line will look a little longer: wmic / namespace: \\ root \ wmi PATH MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature get CurrentTemperature.
All information regarding the temperature ranges will be displayed on the screen. According to the processor, it will show either the general value or the parameter of each core. But the temperature in Kelvin is displayed, and the value is multiplied by 10. To convert it to degrees Celsius, first the indicator is divided by 10, and then 273.15 is subtracted from the result. Here is the desired parameter.
The most popular and popular utilities
You can pay attention to third-party software tools designed to detect and monitor the temperature parameter. There are a lot of them released today, although not all of them are equivalent to each other. Among the most powerful and most demanded are the following:
- Aida64;
- Core temp;
- SpeedFan
- HWMonitor.
These four utilities, according to many experts, provide the most comprehensive list of information not only on the state of the CPU, but also on many other components. Let us briefly consider each of these programs.
Aida64
This application, although it is small in size, nevertheless has the most powerful tools. What is it like? Many people know it firsthand. This is the former Everest. With just one look at the interface, this is immediately apparent.
True, there is one but. The program belongs to the category of shareware applications and runs in test mode for only thirty days. But the user should have enough for at least a month to draw conclusions about the average load on the processor and try to reduce it by disabling unnecessary services, programs or processes.
So, how do you know the temperature of the processor in Windows 10 in Everest (Aid64)? Everything is very simple! After starting the program, you need to enter the computer section on the left, and on the right side of the screen go to the sensors icon. After activating the icon below, a complete picture of what is happening will appear.
Let's see, for example, how to find out the processor temperature in Windows 10 on a laptop that is equipped with a 4-core processor. From the analysis of the data, we can conclude that the whole charm of this application is to determine the temperature indicator for each of the four cores, not counting the other components, while the average temperature of the system board is displayed at the very beginning.
Core temp
Core Temp is another program that monitors the temperature of the processor in Windows 10. How do I find this indicator using this utility? Also quite simple.
The application itself, although it was originally developed specifically for solving such a problem, nevertheless, has impressive capabilities. The information contains the current, minimum and maximum temperatures of each core, displays a complete package of information about the processor and can even display the temperature controller on the "Taskbar". To activate it, in the service menu you need to enable the special applet G15. Conveniently? Highly! Among other things, the application involves the use of additionally installed plug-ins, due to which both the capabilities and the reported reporting information can be significantly expanded.
Speedfan
Now let's see how to check the processor temperature in Windows 10 using this utility.
The program itself is a general solution for monitoring the status of all components of a computer system and processor, including. Its distinctive feature is the function of controlling the rotation speed of cooling fans (a conclusion about this can be made even from the name). But you should be extremely careful with its manual configuration, otherwise irreparable damage may occur when specifying incorrect parameters, and some component will simply fail.
Hwmonitor
Here is another powerful utility that answers the question of how to find out the processor temperature in Windows 10 or in any other system.
In principle, it is quite similar to previous programs, but in the information it shows the current temperature, as well as the minimum and maximum recorded peaks. This also applies to other components. Most experts claim that this application is ideal for testing hardware at maximum loads (for example, when installing resource-intensive games).
Instead of a total
Now that we have figured out how to find out the processor temperature in Windows 10, it remains to say that this is done quite simply. And all those who absolutely say that it is impossible to monitor the temperature indicator by one’s own means “tens” are absolutely wrong. From the above it is clear that this is not so. However, beginners or not too sophisticated in this matter, users can be advised to use any of the programs presented above, so as not to delve into the operating system.