ThermalStats CLI 2.1.1: one cooling question for desktops, laptop models filled in
Version 2.1.1 asks desktop users for their CPU cooling type once, fills in the laptop model from the BIOS, and recognises more laptop and mini-PC processors.
ThermalStats 2.1.1 is a small update that makes comparisons fairer. Download it from the Run Test page. If you already have ThermalStats 2, download it again to get the update.
Your CPU cooling, asked once
How hot a CPU runs depends a lot on its cooler. In ThermalStats results, a desktop on its stock cooler typically peaks about 9 °C hotter than the same CPU with an air cooler. Since version 2.0 the cooling question started out empty and most people left it that way, so many results couldn't be compared like for like.
On a desktop, the test options now start with no cooling type selected, and you pick one before your first test: Stock (the cooler that came with the CPU), Air cooler, AIO liquid, Custom loop, Passive or Other. If you don't know, choose Not sure: nothing is sent. Your answer is remembered, so each PC is only asked once.
Laptop model filled in for you
On a laptop, ThermalStats now reads the model name from the BIOS (for example Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6H) and fills it in under Laptop model. Check it and correct it if it's wrong. Results from the same laptop model can then be compared with each other.
Better laptop detection
More laptop and mini-PC processors are recognised, including Intel U-, P-, G- and HQ-series chips and low-power chips such as the Intel N100 and the Celeron N series. These PCs get the laptop questions instead of being asked about a CPU cooler they can't change.
Get it
Download ThermalStats 2.1.1 from the Run Test page, or see the code on GitHub.