Hi again. I used Macs Fan Control. The reading was for the CPU A Heatsink. There is another "CPU A Core from PCECI". I searched quickly but wasn't sure what it was. Currently the machine is idle and this reads 77C, BUT, and big BUT, I was concerned about this then I ran the Handbrake encode and this dropped way way down and the CPU A Heatsink was the one that read the highest at 64C.
I can run the encode again with a specific monitoring tool as per your recommendation and post specifics.
"CPU A core from PCECI" is how many degrees you are from the temperature you never want to reach (TJMax they call it). It is a countdown, so the higher the number, the better. Many apps assume TJMax to be 100C. And this is to do with cores, not diode.
Macs Fan Control is an app that allows you to control fan speeds based on temperature readings, isn't it? Do your fan speeds increase at a certain preset temperature?
"Temperature Monitor" is a free app that displays lots of readings including cpu core temperatures. Just Google it by name and install if you want to. There's a driver it needs to install to get the core temps, so be sure to let it install that so you can see those.
One way to stress test your CPU to get an idea about how hot your CPU will get and how soon fans come to the rescue is to run the 'yes' command in Terminal. At the Terminal command line, type:
yes > /dev/null &
Enter this 8-10 times to fully max your cpu cores. then watch your core temps in Temperature Monitor.
Can you monitor your fans too? Watch the BOOSTA fan to see if and when it speeds up.
To stop the stress test, type: killall yes