Seeing Temperature Spikes when Playing Games on Systems with Intel® Core™ Processors
Content Type: Troubleshooting | Article ID: 000035907 | Last Reviewed: 04/14/2022
Temperature spikes are not necessarily a cause for concern.
When the system is idle, the temperature of the processor is not as high as when the system is running a workload. Having temperature spikes, or having high or maximum temperatures while running a workload—such as games—isn't necessarily cause for concern. Intel processors constantly monitor their temperature and can rapidly adjust their frequency and power consumption to prevent overheating and damage.