I know the image is poor, sorry about that, but you folks can read it, Is this legit? What’s MHz are these ? My cpu is humble, i5 10400f Thank you all for the opinions.

I recently built a new pc and I left HWMonitor running in the back ground while I used it today for gaming and general use to see what sort of max temperatures and power draw I was getting. I'm running a completely stock ryzen 2600 which is advertised as having 3.9Ghz max boost clock.

When I was reading through today it says one of my cores max clock was 4580Mhz.

Is HWMonitor known to read wrong or have I got very lucky with my cpu?

Proof: https://imgur.com/19VFwYo

i want to us the software but i see a post month ago about malware in the latest version.
Does that mean it is safe to download and use the old version?

I want to download HWMonitor but is it a valid site?

UPDATE from 12th April 2026: This problem is fixed by the owner of the website. It's not a virus anymore.
But this post should be a example for the future to always be careful with downloading software from the internet. Even if you've trusted a website for years, you can still have bad luck like I did and download malicious software. Hackers always find a way to harm others. Unfortunately, such people do exist.

Post from 10th April 2026:

I want to warn you guys.
After a long time, i opening HWMonitor again on my PC.
it is version 1.42
i checked in the application if there was any update and yes.
the application told me to update to 1.63
i clicked on update and the official cpuid page open

i followed the page to download the latest version.
the file was called "HWiNFO_Monitor_Setup.exe"
after the download my Windows Defender instantly detecting a virus.
(because i am often working with programms which triggering the defender i just ignored that) i start the exe and a russian install programm opening...
i was confused and i canceld the installation.

i upload the file on virus total and i got this results:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/eefc0f986dd3ea376a4a54f80ce0dc3e6491165aefdd7d5d6005da3892ce248f

i delete the exe after it.

a friend of me send me version 1.61 called "hwmonitor_1.61.exe"

no virus detected on my system and on virus total.

i checked the version history.
when i try to download 1.62 then the server gives me this "hwmonitor_1.62.exe"

after that i tried to change the download link from
cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.62.exe
to
cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.63.exe

and the download link was valid and seems be the original link!!! i got "hwmonitor_1.63.exe"
when i upload the "hwmonitor_1.63.exe" on virus total then there is also no virus..

So please guys be very careful what you download on the internet.
Even the most trustworthy websites can contain nasty traps.

If anyone knows how to contact the site operators as quickly as possible, I would be very grateful.

I saw that there's a contact form on the website...

But after what happened, I'm reluctant to enter my data like my email address on the website.

On Ryzen master, it displays my temperatures for my CPU to be lower (about 40-50C idle) contrasting that to CPUID HWMonitor showcasing it to be 10C higher (50-60C); is one more accurate than the other?

I remember back in the 1st gen Ryzen days HWMonitor used to be way off! How accurate is it nowadays! It always reports my 5950x hitting up to 80c while gaming with an Aorus AIO 360mm rad!

HWMonitor is tell me that the temp of my CPU is at 97 degrees Celsius, or 206.6 degrees Fahrenheit. I really doubt that my CPU is running over 200 degrees and still in a solid form.

Edit: I have an APU, but the graphics part of it is only running at 45 degrees Celsius

I don't know if this is the right sub for this question because I'm not sure if its hardware-related but here it goes.

I suddenly noticed low fps in games a month ago, mostly Battlefield (any one) and Squad, which was resolved by restarting the computer each time.

I tried everything. Updating my drivers using DDU (safe mode), updating my BIOS, reseating my RAM and GPU, switching off fast startup, switching to high performance power plan, etc.

And, by accident, I've been getting better fps by having both ISLC and HWMonitor running in the background. Now, I understand how ISLC can help with memory leaks, but why is HWMonitor helping me with fps?

Here are my specs:

• CPU: i7 10700k

• Board: ROG STRIX B460-H Gaming

• GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 Ti

• RAM: 32GB @ 2400MHz (Just one stick)

• PSU: EVGA Supernova 850 G2

• Drive: m.2 SSD for OS and some games, some other games are installed on a SATA SSD.

Any help would be appreciated.

so i have a b660 board, i5 12600k and i swear when i first built my computer i got intel xtu to work. now it won't work, i'm assuming because of my b series mb. BUT i have a question. in task manager it says my cpu is at it's regular 3.7ghz ...however hwmonitor says it's at 4.89... which is it?

I have a AMD 5950X and AMD Ryzen Master says my idle temp is 33C while HWMonitor says my idle temp is 43C. I don't know which one to trust.

Why use one over the other? Or both the same?

Just wondering, because I've run Cyperpunk on UltraRT and thermals sit anywhere between high 70s and mid 80s, and I can clearly feel the heat above my case if I touch it.

However, sometimes (randomly) when running not nearly as intensive games it will sit around high 80s and 90s on HWMonitor, and it is clearly not hot at whatsoever. I ran Diablo 2 resurrected and my GPU (RTX 3080) was at a comfortable 45-50, but the CPU was at high 80s, even 90 (again, not warm at all) .

I know most recommend using HWinfo, so I'm wondering if this is a common thing for HWMonitor. Thanks!