HWMonitor: bad sensor readings on Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 3

[dreamcat4]

Hi,

Having a little bit of trouble finding right sensor readings in HWMonitor, which can be seen in these screenshots:


HWMonitor

1/2 https://i.imgur.com/JZ8sITM.png

2/2 https://i.imgur.com/M6BYriP.png


1. In my BIOS (latest version F5m), I set CPU voltage to 1.35v (for a 4.6Ghz OC). Yet in HWMonitor none of it's Voltage readings seem to be clipping onto / near the specified 1.35v CPU voltage. So what voltage is my CPU actually running at, and where can I see it being correctly reported? Are there other apps which could give a more accurate reading?

I also have a 'Gigabyte Branded' version of CPU-z, which does seem to show my CPU voltage correctly, as 1.344v

https://i.imgur.com/pqwlGwQ.png

Which is .06v under what I specified in BIOS. No problem there. However when I go to HWMonitor's website, there's no Gigabyte branded version / variant of their software. And 'Check for new version' button says I already have latest version of HWMonitor.




2. Another one:

The fanspeed is not 1730rpm. Because my fan simply can't rotate that fast. Wheras in Gigabyte SIV 863rpm (correct),

https://i.imgur.com/fWjGuL4.png


I'm not moaning. Would just be nice to know what's going on.

 

[marc2003]

Try HWINFO64 instead?

http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php

 

[setter]

Hwmonitor has always been a bit sketchy with readings. I prefer to use cpuz/gpuz or afterburner for gpu stuff in particular.

 

[Uaon]

I wouldn't put too much faith into HWMonitor especially on windows 10, it sometimes reads my 3770k running at 100mhz its buggy


Edit: I use real Temp

 

[dreamcat4]

OK thanks

 

[Armadillo]

Never had hwmonitor work properly for me on Gigabyte boards. I get the same nonsense readings on my ga-x99-sli.

hwinfo works fine, although it does tend to pickup everything, so you may well get a few false readings that the sensor can techincally do, but not on your board etc.