what temperature should a cpu run
So if your CPU's maximum temperature is 100C, and you're running at 60C, the sensor will report -40 as its value. There are two ways a program can report an inaccurate temperature. First, if the program isn't set with the right maximum temperature for your CPU, all the scores will be offset that that error. That's why a new version of CoreTemp was needed after Core i7 was released -- they had to program it with the Core i7 information.