How to Use AIDA64 to View Specs and Check Temperatures

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It seems that nowadays many users have a certain understanding of technology. They may know which CPU their computer uses, but not know much about the components inside it (graphics card, hard drive…). This information is really necessary in many cases, such as when the computer has a problem or breaks down, or when you need someone tech-savvy to show you how to do something on your computer but don’t know how to describe it.
For viewing computer hardware information, AIDA64 is one of the best programs. AIDA64 also shows information about software, Windows updates and software license information. AIDA64 also supports benchmark tools, stress tests…

Table of contents 4 items

I: Advantages of AIDA64
II: AIDA64 Features and How to Use Them
III: Tools for Checking and Testing Hardware Speed
IV: Checking Your Computer’s Temperature

I: Advantages of AIDA64

• Provides information about the motherboard and CPU
• Detailed information on video drivers and monitors
• Information about all storage devices
• Full information on network cards, multimedia and input devices
• Information about other buses (PCI, PnP, PCMCIA, USB)
• Detailed Windows information, including installation date, license key and much more
• Information about network shares, users and group lists, and much more
• Extensive information about network status, remote access, network resources and Internet settings
• Detailed information about installed programs, scheduled tasks and startup programs
• Information about the operating system’s security
• A list of firewalls, anti-spyware and antivirus software
• System stability test
• CPUID Panel
• Hardware monitoring
• CPU and FPU benchmarks
• Memory tests
• Driver testing module
• Detection of possible errors and compatibility issues of hardware and software
• Installation reports
• Mailing and printing

II: AIDA64 Features and How to Use Them

1. The groups in the image below include:

Computer: Operating system information, computer name, DirectX, browser…
Motherboard: Provides information about the CPU, mainboard name, Chipset, RAM capacity and BIOS information.
Display: Information about the graphics card and the computer’s monitor.
Multimedia: Information about the type of sound card (Audio)
Storage: Information about hard drives, connection standards and Smart Disk status
Partitions: Lists the hard drive partitions on the computer
Network: Network information (IP, MAC, LAN, Wifi)
DMI: the computer’s Version, Serial Number…

2: Checking OverLock Clock Speeds

in my opinion, on Win 10 you can simply open Task Manager to see this,

CPU Properties: this is the CPU’s information as well as its name
CPU Speed: The CPU’s clock and speed
CPU Cache: CPU cache is a fast memory area located on the processor. Intel® Smart Cache refers to the architecture that allows all cores to dynamically share access to the last level cache
Motherboard Properties: Motherboard information
BIOS Properties: BIOS information (such as the BIOS Version and date)
Graphics Processor Properties: Graphics card information

2: Viewing Battery Information (Laptop)

Select Computer > Power Management

Current Power Source: Power source
Battery status: The computer’s current battery %
Full Battery Lifetime: Estimated remaining battery time
Remaining Battery Lifetime: Estimated remaining battery time
Device Name: Device name
Manufacturer: Manufacturer
Battery Type: Battery type
Designed Capacity: Designed battery capacity (the battery’s original capacity)
Fully Charged Capacity: The highest remaining battery capacity that can be used
Current Capacity: Current battery capacity
Battery Voltage: Battery voltage
Wear Level: Battery wear level ( (Designed Capacity – Fully Charged Capacity)/Designed Capacity x 100%) )
Power State: Power/charging state (Charging means it is charging, Not Charging means it is not charging)
Change Rate: This is the input power
Charge Rate: As far as I know, this is the input power (the higher the power, the faster it charges)

3: Viewing Hardware Temperatures, Fan Speeds and Power

Sensor Properties: This is the sensor information
Temperatures: Detailed CPU temperature for each part and each Core, PCH diode temperature, DIMM, hard drive temperature, CPU
Cooling Fans: This is the fan speed. Because my computer has 2 fans, it shows CPU and System with their speed of xxxx revolutions per minute (RPM) here
Voltage Values | Power Values: The hardware’s power

4: Viewing Detailed CPU Specs

CPU Type: CPU type, name, clock speed and CPU Cache
CPU Physical Info

Package Type: Socket information
Package Size: CPU size
Process Technology: Process technologies
Typical Power: Thermal Design Power (TDP) represents the average power, in watts, the processor dissipates when operating at Base Frequency with all cores active under an Intel-defined, high-complexity workload.

3. CPU Manufacturer: This is the CPU manufacturer’s information

4: Viewing Detailed Display and GPU Specs

1) Windows Video

Here we have detailed information about the integrated graphics, such as the card name, Driver version and card memory (Memory Size)

2) PCI / AGP Video

This shows the computer’s graphics cards. I have 2 graphics cards here, so it shows
Intel HD Graphics 530 and nVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

3) GPU

Here we have detailed information about the graphics cards (dedicated and integrated): card name, card code, size, memory and clock speed of the graphics card

4) Monitor

This is information about the screen; we can view the details

Monitor Name: Screen name. You can copy it and search on Google to find out what type of screen you have. Mine is an IPS screen :D. Usually LG Philips screens are brighter than other types of screens
Monitor ID: Screen code
Monitor Type: The screen type tells us the screen size, panel type and resolution
Manufacture: The screen’s year of manufacture

III: Tools for Checking and Testing Hardware Speed

Disk Benchmark: Hard drive test
Cache And Memory Benchmark: Test CPU, RAM
GPGPU Benchmark: Test GPU
Monitor Diagnostics: Screen test
System Stability Test: Check CPU, GPU, DISK temperatures…etc… Check fan speed
AIDA64 CPUID: check CPU specs

IV: Checking Your Computer’s Temperature

Step 1: Click the icon I circled or go to Tool > System Stability Test

Step 2: In the left column, tick the same boxes as I did to monitor CPU, GPU… temperatures. I unticked Disks because it isn’t needed; if you don’t have a dedicated graphics card, you can untick that too

Step 3: To show GPU temperature in Aida64, click Preferences choose any color band you like, then select GPU1 diode > OK
If yours doesn’t show, you can download GPU Monitor Here

Step 4: Click Start and watch the temperature color bands for each part. If your computer gets too hot, stop right away. CPU must not exceed 90*c | GPU Must Not Exceed 80*C; if it overheats, the GPU will die

Above is my temperature test on my computer for 5 min 32 s
CPU temperature was 71*C, GPU was 65*C

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