In my own testing, and in the testing of some other people, I've noticed anomalies where the data we're tracking does not reflect upon the CPU/GPU temperatures, nor does it correlate with the clock speeds.

This means that we're not tracking the right things in HWInfo or whatever. Yet, there are so many options and I do not know what else to consider. I track averages and maxes for (DTS and Enhanced) CPU core temps and CPU package; GPU hot spot, memory junction and temperature; average effective clocks, max CPU/thread usage, and total CPU usage; motherboard and VRM temps, and the fan speeds. Admittedly, I do this testing in a case, unlike many others who use a test bench (horiz or vert), and, also unlike many others, I don't lock everything down in BIOS. I see these data points don't explain why I get the clocks, CPU/thread usage and total CPU usage, and they also don't correlate with the scores I get in CB24 and Time Spy.

If you look at Kleo Yan's results (sorry, is it ok to link to that video?) the same is evident, even though he also tracks memory temps and SSD temps. He locks everything down in BIOS AFAIK, and he uses a test bench.

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Does anyone know what's missing that explains why, for example, A1 and E1 have different temperatures but identical clock speeds? Thank you!