Quote Originally Posted by unclewebb View Post
RealTemp reports an averaged multi at idle. If you are using Speedstep and have that properly enabled within your bios and within the Windows power management settings, a Core i7 will show a steady multi of 12.0 at idle. If you don't have those items set properly in your bios and within Windows, RealTemp will show an average value that floats somewhere between 12.0 and your full Turbo multi. If you want it to be steady at the full number then you have to set your bios and Windows accordingly. Turn off C1E and Speedstep in the bios and make sure your Minimum processor is set to 100% in the Power Management section of the Control Panel.

When RealTemp reports 16.0 that is a sign that the multi is constantly changing between 12.0 and your full multi.
16.0 represents the average.
Thanks for the information. XP doesn't let me explicitly set any processor power management. I can choose between Always on, home/desktop, max battery etc.

Quote Originally Posted by stasio View Post
Try CPU-Z 1.50.1
Thank you. It has the same behaviour as 1.49 and 1.50