How can we get a CPU temperature through WMI?

Question

I installed WMI code creator from here, and I'm wondering how we can use it to get the CPU temperature.

The application gives many options (as shown below), but I am not sure where I have to click to get the CPU temperature.

I went to the description of WMI code creator and saw the following:

The WMI Code Creator tool allows you to generate VBScript, C#, and VB .NET code that uses WMI to complete a management task such as querying for management data, executing a method from a WMI class, or receiving event notifications using WMI.

Answer 1

Namespace: root\wmi
Path: MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature

To run this (using wmic) from the Windows command line (cmd.exe) the command would be:

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

Attention: the results are in Kelvin * 10, so you need to divide the result by 10, and then subtract 273.15 to get °Celsius.

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More information:

• WUtils.com : MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature Properties

• Wikipedia : Kelvin (and conversion to/from °C and °F)

• Wikipedia : Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
• MSDN : WMI Command Line (WMIC)
• Tech Advisor : What's the Best CPU Temperature?
• SpeedFan : Fan & Temperature control utility (Freeware)
• systeminformation: systeminformation npm package (for nodejs)