Help! Low benchmarks

[Richard (PassMark)]

The operating temperature depends on the CPU, but typically in the range of 40-50 C. The maximum optimal operating temperature from the Intel specification for your Core i7-920 CPU is 67.9°C.

http://ark.intel.com/products/37147/...-GTs-Intel-QPI

Running the processor at higher temperatures will cause your CPU to throttle or may possibly damage the CPU if is continuous run above the specified temperature.

[xpertsc]

Thanks! I checked my heat sink and looks like the thermal paste had partly dried up so I changed the thermal paste. It helped a little and temp is now reading in the 80s. I ordered a new heatsink and i'll see if that will help.

What should the temp be sitting at for my processor? And could there be a software issue that could be causing overheating? Should I also reformat my pc.

Thanks so much for your help David.

[David (PassMark)]

Temperature reading of 99C are way to high.
You probably have thermal throttling.

[xpertsc]

I recently updated my video card and added more ram but my PC is still running low. Is something wrong with my CPU??

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1129
Windows 10 Professional Edition build 14393 (64-bit)
EVGA
141-BL-E757
Tylersburg
Phoenix Technologies, LTD
IntelR - 42302e31
2009/10/30
GenuineIntel
Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
Bloomfield
Family 6, Model 1A, Stepping 5, Revision D0
LGA1366
45nm
1
4
2
1857.6 MHz [Turbo: 1857.6 MHz]
14.0X
132.7 MHz
(N/A)
1.003
4 x 32 KB
4 x 32 KB
4 x 256 KB
8 MB
24567MB
17408MB
4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800
	Crucial Technology BLS4G3D1609DS1S00., serial#: 1128643198, wk/yr: 4/2016
	XMP: 1.50V, Clk: 800.0MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24
4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800
	Crucial Technology BLS4G3D1609DS1S00., serial#: 944260590, wk/yr: 7/2016
	XMP: 1.50V, Clk: 800.0MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24
4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800
	Crucial Technology BLS4G3D1609DS1S00., serial#: 1128643105, wk/yr: 4/2016
	XMP: 1.50V, Clk: 800.0MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24
4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800
	Crucial Technology BLS4G3D1609DS1S00., serial#: 944260535, wk/yr: 7/2016
	XMP: 1.50V, Clk: 800.0MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24
4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800
	Crucial Technology BLS4G3D1609DS1S00., serial#: 944260533, wk/yr: 7/2016
	XMP: 1.50V, Clk: 800.0MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24
4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800
	Crucial Technology BLS4G3D1609DS1S00., serial#: 944260536, wk/yr: 7/2016
	XMP: 1.50V, Clk: 800.0MHz, Timings 9-9-9-24
I:\pagefile.sys (3584MB)
WDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1 ATA Device
1397GB
E:
ATA
512
Unknown
ST3000DM001-1CH166 ATA Device
2047GB
ATA
512
7200
AVD ST3000DM001-1CH166
746GB
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
WDC WD1001FALS-00E3A0 ATA Device
931GB
I:
ATA
512
Unknown
E: [Local Drive]
NTFS
4KB
1397.3GB (12.9GB)
F: [Local Drive]
G: [Local Drive]
NTFS
0KB
2794.4GB (477.1GB)
I: [Local Drive]
NTFS
4KB
119.6GB (22.2GB)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
No
GeForce GTX 960
Integrated RAMDAC
2048MB
Version 84.6.32.0.61
NVIDIA
21.21.13.6909
8-1-2016
1920x1080x32 59Hz (Primary monitor)
1080x1920x32 60Hz
CPU 0 average
95.50C
CPU 0 core 0
94.00C
CPU 0 core 1
99.00C
CPU 0 core 2
91.00C
CPU 0 core 3
98.00C
HDD 0 (ST3000DM001-1CH166 ATA Device)
41.00C
HDD 1 (WDC WD1001FALS-00E3A0 ATA Device)
48.00C
HDD 2 (WDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1 ATA Device)
46.00C
GPU 0 (nVIDIA)
44.00C

PassMark Rating
#1 - DP35DP 1061
#2 - GA-MA770-US3 1592
#3 - P6T DELUXE 2169
#4 - W370ET 2435
#5 - M5A97 EVO 1630
#6 - X99-UD4-CF 4996
This Computer 1129

CPU Mark
#1 - Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz 2017
#2 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 3976
#3 - Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz 5431
#4 - Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.60GHz 8303
#5 - AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core 7552
#6 - Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz 12868
This Computer 1770

2D Graphics Mark
#1 - NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 625
#2 - ATI Radeon HD 5770 520
#3 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 636
#4 - Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 740
#5 - AMD Radeon HD 6450 436.6
#6 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 894
This Computer 283.8

3D Graphics Mark
#1 - NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 433.3
#2 - ATI Radeon HD 5770 1642
#3 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1998
#4 - Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 462.0
#5 - AMD Radeon HD 6450 321.2
#6 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 10341

Memory Mark
#1 - 2GB DDR2 SDRAM PC2-6400 Transcend Information 777
#2 - 4GB DDR2 SDRAM PC2-6400 Kingston 909
#3 - 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 Samsung 1882
#4 - 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 Nanya Technology 2215
#5 - 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800, ECC Team Group Inc. 912
#6 - 8GB DDR4 SDRAM PC4-17000 Crucial Technology 2277
This Computer 1061

Disk Mark
#1 - Seagate ST3300622AS (300GB) 456.4
#2 - WDC WD5000AAKS-00V1A0 (500GB) 580
#3 - Seagate ST31000528AS (1TB) 709
#4 - SAMSUNG MZ7PC064HADR-000 (64GB) 2846
#5 - KINGSTON SH100S3120G SATA Disk Device (120GB) 3822
#6 - Crucial_CT256MX100SSD1 (256GB) 3635
This Computer 441.8