Windows 10: Does anyone know why my CPU would start hitting temps of 100c while gaming after installing...

I had zero issues on windows 10 and now I am unable to easily go back, its been more than 10 days. The CPU is at 3% usage with temps of 100c while gaming, 30c at idle so cooler is fine. I've updated BIOS, drivers, and firmware. Task manager shows nothing out of the ordinary and I've lowered the CPU max power consumption to 85%. Computer runs fine and without monitoring software I would not know there was an issue, thoughts?

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CPU Temp Questions

80C is fairly high but still within Intel's 100C limit for the i7-7700.

But as ignatzatsonic said, you would need to look at the long-term temperature trends. Just checking the max value doesn't tell you much because the temperature might have spiked to 80C for a few milliseconds but otherwise remained much lower.

As I was writing this my laptop CPU hit a max of 89C but an sits at an average of 59C. From HWiNFO:

 

Cpu threshold temps on windows 10

Hello . When I had updated my windows 8 to windows 10 I started to have gaming issues . I have noticed that whenever my CPU temp reaches 88 degrees , I face an instant 10 fps loss in my game. Is this my threshold temp ? I want to play my game in a constant
fps . I'm sure abt my fps loss, its lost due to my CPU and not GPU. However, I think rams can be a problem ? I'm reaching a 80 - 90 % usage of ram when I'm playing my game " DOTA2 " . What should I do to stay at a constant fps ? Do you think increasing my
CPU threshold temp is useful ? For example , if my threshold temp of CPU was 90 degrees , Will my CPU throttle my performance at 88 degrees ? Or I will start to face a 90 degree temps instead of 88 degrees ?

What should I do ? I want to play my game in a constant fps , I tried everything till now except touching my CPU .. Any help would be really appreciated!

CPU SPECS

 

Can't play Hit It Rich game and system freezes

Hi carmenstanley1,

Thank you for your response.

I can understand how frustrating it would be. This issue might be due to corrupted profile or if the game is not installed completely. I suggest you to follow these steps and let us know if it works.

Could you please help me with the below questions:

• Are you aware of any changes happened on the computer prior to this issue?
  
• Have you tried playing this game on other browser (Google chrome or Mozilla) and check for the issue?
  

Step 1: Uninstall or Repair the game.

1. Press Windows and
   R key together on your Keyboard.
2. Type appwiz.cpl and hit enter.
   
3. Right click on the Hit it Rich app > Select Repair or uninstall it.
4. Reinstall the application and check for the issue.
   

Step 2: Create a new local account.

The reason might be due to user account corruption, so I would suggest you to ‘Create
a local user or administrator account’ and check if the issue persists.

Note: You will not see all your files under your default file location.
So your data will be saved under C:\Users\User_name.

If you are facing issues with freezing, I would suggest you to follow the troubleshooting steps on
Tips to improve PC performance in Windows
10.

Hope it helps.

Roohi Taj S

Microsoft Community - Moderator