9GHz processor running at 87°C during rendering process
9GHz processor running at 87°C during rendering process
Impressive performance for its size on a compact cooling solution
For a stock chip? 99-100C. My mid-2012 MacBook Pro is 8 years old now, the CPUs in those regularly sit at 70-80, up to 97C under load, had 0 issues. And that's a mobile chip, the desktop lads are a bit beefier. Stock chips can run really close to TjMax for a really long time before giving out. It's only once you're pushing them beyond stock limits that I'd start worrying about temps a bunch. For me, I don't like to have OCed chips ever get over 80C, but it's acceptable if they hit 85 or so on some hotter chips. This is also in Prime95 though, normal workloads are far, far cooler. For example, my 6950X maxes out at 80C, but in actual use it rarely breaks 60C.
Above 96 degrees, according to the official guidelines. You may reach 105 degrees before the system stops to avoid harm, but at 96 degrees it begins slowing down and performance drops sharply.