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Benchmarking heat - utterly pointless?

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A lot of people are saying the Haswell is a poor overclocker and too hot. Granted, there's articles stating that when benchmarking, the CPU is running at near 100 degrees when overclocked, but surely benchmarking means absolutely nothing other than a stability test?

http://youtu.be/L-NeBKtl6l0?t=14m30s

Video here shows the 4770 clocked at 4.9ghz with 30 minutes of intensive gaming simulated, and it only runs at 60 degrees.
 
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