Get CPU temperature in CMD/POWER Shell - powershell

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

According to the answer on this question :
To get the exact temperature of CPU (and every core) you need to write
kernel drivers, what is much more complicated.
CurrentTemperature returns temperature at some thermal zone which is
somewhere on motherboard.
This would explain why some of the answers on this page return a temperature, but it's wildly different to the actual CPU temp.