Get CPU temperature in CMD/POWER Shell

Question

In my computer I am trying to get the CPU temperature. Searching on StackOverflow I found this:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>wmic /namespace:\\root\wmi PATH MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature get CurrentTemperature

But I get this error:

Node - ADMIN
ERROR:
Description = Not supported

"Not supported" - nothing else will work on this machine. The BIOS simply doesn't support reading it. — Christian.K, Sep 28 '16 at 05:45

score 20 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '16 at 05:16

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you can use this code :

function Get-Temperature {
    $t = Get-WmiObject MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature -Namespace "root/wmi"
    $returntemp = @()

    foreach ($temp in $t.CurrentTemperature)
    {


    $currentTempKelvin = $temp / 10
    $currentTempCelsius = $currentTempKelvin - 273.15

    $currentTempFahrenheit = (9/5) * $currentTempCelsius + 32

    $returntemp += $currentTempCelsius.ToString() + " C : " + $currentTempFahrenheit.ToString() + " F : " + $currentTempKelvin + "K"  
    }
    return $returntemp
}

Get-Temperature

answered Sep 28 '16 at 05:16

saftargholi

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this is not direct CPU temp but somewhere on the MB: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17083409/1747983 – Tilo Oct 24 '18 at 20:00
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Update for newer versions: `Get-CimInstance MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature -Namespace "root/wmi"` – Efren Sep 06 '21 at 04:07

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 24 '20 at 13:24

You can get the CPU temp in both WMI and Open Hardware Monitor way.

Open Hardware Monitor:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OpenHardwareMonitor.Hardware;
namespace Get_CPU_Temp5
{
   class Program
   {
       public class UpdateVisitor : IVisitor
       {
           public void VisitComputer(IComputer computer)
           {
               computer.Traverse(this);
           }
           public void VisitHardware(IHardware hardware)
           {
               hardware.Update();
               foreach (IHardware subHardware in hardware.SubHardware) subHardware.Accept(this);
           }
           public void VisitSensor(ISensor sensor) { }
           public void VisitParameter(IParameter parameter) { }
       }
       static void GetSystemInfo()
       {
           UpdateVisitor updateVisitor = new UpdateVisitor();
           Computer computer = new Computer();
           computer.Open();
           computer.CPUEnabled = true;
           computer.Accept(updateVisitor);
           for (int i = 0; i < computer.Hardware.Length; i++)
           {
               if (computer.Hardware[i].HardwareType == HardwareType.CPU)
               {
                   for (int j = 0; j < computer.Hardware[i].Sensors.Length; j++)
                   {
                       if (computer.Hardware[i].Sensors[j].SensorType == SensorType.Temperature)
                               Console.WriteLine(computer.Hardware[i].Sensors[j].Name + ":" + computer.Hardware[i].Sensors[j].Value.ToString() + "\r");
                   }
               }
           }
           computer.Close();
       }
       static void Main(string[] args)
       {
           while (true)
           {
               GetSystemInfo();
           }
       }
   }
}

WMI:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Management;
class Program
{
   static void Main(string[] args)
   {
       Double CPUtprt = 0;
       System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher mos = new System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher(@"root\WMI", "Select * From MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature");
       foreach (System.Management.ManagementObject mo in mos.Get())
       {
           CPUtprt = Convert.ToDouble(Convert.ToDouble(mo.GetPropertyValue("CurrentTemperature").ToString()) - 2732) / 10;
          Console.WriteLine("CPU temp : " + CPUtprt.ToString() + " °C");
       }
   }
}

I found a nice tutorial here, I get the CPU temp successfully.

http://www.lattepanda.com/topic-f11t3004.html

uak · Answer 3 · 2020-05-01T16:32:00.217

You can use Open Hardware Monitor it's an open source software (MPL v2). You can access the command line version here:

OpenHardwareMonitorReport.zip

Example part of the output:

PS C:\Users\myuser\OpenHardwareMonitorReport> .\OpenHardwareMonitorReport.exe

Open Hardware Monitor Report

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Version: 0.8.0.2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Common Language Runtime: 4.0.30319.42000
Operating System: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0
Process Type: 32-Bit

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sensors

|
+- HP 00F52W (/mainboard)
|
+- Intel Core i7-3770 (/intelcpu/0)
|  +- Bus Speed      :  99.7734  99.7734  99.7784 (/intelcpu/0/clock/0)
|  +- CPU Core #1    :  3691.62  3691.62  3791.58 (/intelcpu/0/clock/1)
|  +- CPU Core #2    :  3691.62  3691.62  3791.58 (/intelcpu/0/clock/2)
|  +- CPU Core #3    :  3791.39  3791.39  3891.36 (/intelcpu/0/clock/3)
|  +- CPU Core #4    :  3691.62  3691.62  3891.36 (/intelcpu/0/clock/4)
|  +- CPU Core #1    :       42       42       43 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/0)
|  +- CPU Core #2    :       43       37       43 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/1)
|  +- CPU Core #3    :       42       35       42 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/2)
|  +- CPU Core #4    :       45       41       45 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/3)
|  +- CPU Package    :       45       43       45 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/4)

Open Hardware Monitor Official website
link to issue where the command line version is linked: #776
Pending pull request with more recent version: https://github.com/openhardwaremonitor/openhardwaremonitor/pull/1115#issuecomment-616230088

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 06 '20 at 08:27

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Run the following command in Command Prompt as an Administrator:

wmic /namespace:\\root\wmi PATH MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature get CurrentTemperature

This will give you some output like this:

CurrentTemperature 3000 3010

But make sure that you are running the cmd as an Administrator

answered Oct 06 '20 at 08:27

n_y_1411

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Admin or no admin makes no difference. Apparently the query isn't supported on my Windows. – Jari Turkia Jan 10 '21 at 18:49
On my computer- CurrentTemperature 3000 3010 its how much in °C? – MILAN SAHANA Mar 21 '22 at 12:55

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 02 '21 at 14:48

On my laptop all above gave me wrong results. Only this one was showing the CPU-Temperature in Celsius:

$data = Get-WMIObject -Query "SELECT * FROM Win32_PerfFormattedData_Counters_ThermalZoneInformation" -Namespace "root/CIMV2"
@($data)[0].HighPrecisionTemperature

I guess, that each CPU-version may have a different place/formular to get the correct CPU-temperature.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 21 '18 at 23:15

With new sensor, or with what I have and with elevation. It also shows critical temperature and percentage (in Celsius) It leaves a file Temperatures.txt for easy debugging, and the xml with serialized object from sensors

function Get-Temperature {
    $TempFormat = "#"
    $TempFile = "temperature"

    $Command = 'Get-WmiObject MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature -Namespace "root/wmi" ' + " > $pwd\$TempFile.txt"
    $Command = 'Get-WmiObject MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature -Namespace "root/wmi" ' + " | Export-Clixml $pwd\$TempFile.xml"

    $p = Start-Process -Verb runas -FilePath "powershell" -ArgumentList $command -WorkingDirectory $pwd -PassThru
    $p.WaitForExit()

    $t = Import-Clixml pippo.xml

    $returntemp = @()

    foreach ($Sensor in $t)
    {
    $Active = if($sensor.Active){"On "}else{"Off"}
    $temp = $Sensor.CurrentTemperature
    $Critical = $Sensor.CriticalTripPoint

    $currentTempKelvin = $temp / 10
    $currentTempCelsius = $currentTempKelvin - 273.15
    $currentTempFahrenheit = (9/5) * $currentTempCelsius + 32

    $StrKelvin = $currentTempKelvin.ToString($TempFormat).PadLeft(3, " ")
    $StrCelsius = $currentTempCelsius.ToString($TempFormat).PadLeft(3, " ")
    $StrFahrenheit = $currentTempFahrenheit.ToString($TempFormat).PadLeft(3, " ")

    $CriticalKelvin = $Critical / 10
    $CriticalCelsius = $CriticalKelvin - 273.15
    $CriticalFahrenheit = (9/5) * $CriticalCelsius + 32

    $StrCritKelvin = $CriticalKelvin.ToString($TempFormat).PadRight(3, " ")
    $StrCritCelsius = $CriticalCelsius.ToString($TempFormat).PadRight(3, " ")
    $StrCritFahrenheit = $CriticalFahrenheit.ToString($TempFormat).PadRight(3, " ")

    $PerCrit = ($currentTempCelsius/$CriticalCelsius * 100)
    $StrPerCrit = $PerCrit.ToString($TempFormat).PadLeft(3, " ")

    $returntemp += "$Active $StrPerCrit% $StrCelsius/$StrCritCelsius C : $StrFahrenheit/$StrCritFahrenheit  F : $StrKelvin/$StrCritKelvin K - " + $Sensor.InstanceName 
    }
    return $returntemp
}

Get-Temperature

Import-Clixml pippo.xml where does pippo.xml get created? – David Johnson Jan 24 '21 at 02:17 — David Johnson, Jan 24 '21 at 02:17

score -1 · Answer 7 · edited Jun 02 '22 at 11:17

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Use this:

$t = Import-Clixml $pwd\$TempFile.xml

edited Jun 02 '22 at 11:17

lemon

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answered May 31 '22 at 19:51

Simon B

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It appears you're trying to reply to [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/48917119/150605). This should be either a comment or an edit on that answer; what you posted here does not directly answer the question and should not be posted as an answer. – Lance U. Matthews May 31 '22 at 20:13

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