Protectli V1610: Bounded CPU Thermal Check

Name: Protectli V1610: Bounded CPU Thermal Check
Creator: Trevor Unland
Published: 2026-10-28
License: https://github.com/TrevTron/protectli-home-soc/blob/main/LICENSE

Four owned CPU-load processes completed the 180-second check with five-second core-temperature sampling. The peak was 62 °C, followed by recorded cooling and process cleanup.

This page keeps the shared controls, retained measurements, failures, and comparison limits together. The linked files are there when you need the underlying table or method.

What you can compare here

Thirty-six samples from one short load, not independent thermal trials. This is a CPU-core observation, not case-surface temperature, thermal equilibrium, longevity or an overheating guarantee for every environment.

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Recorded results

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Protectli V1610 CPU cores

Four owned load processes

Completed bounded thermal check

Measured on Protectli V1610 · Pentium Silver N6005

Peak core temperature: 62 °C; Highest recorded core reading across 36 samples
Sample count: 36 samples; 5-second sampling cadence; one load run
Start to cleanup: 181.132 seconds; 180-second requested load plus cleanup
Thermal stop bound: 80 °C; Guard threshold; native controls retained

Highest core 62 °C, final readings 53/53/53/52 °C, cooldown 47 °C. No thermal stop; all owned children exited. This does not measure thermal equilibrium or case surface.

Setup and original evidence

Protectli V1610 · Native FreeBSD core sensors · Pentium Silver N6005 · 180-second bounded CPU load

Thermal method and results Actual test host

Supporting evidence

Results and method

These are the few files that support this page directly. The repository holds the wider project history.

Thermal results and method Exact workload, samples, cutoff, cleanup, chart discrepancy and thermal limitations.Published thermal results Exact duration, all end readings, recovery and the unresolved browser CPU-percentage discrepancy.

Controls

OPNsense 26.7.5; Pentium Silver N6005; passive finned chassis; native core sensor
Four owned yes children; 180-second intended workload; sampling every 5 seconds
Stop at 80 °C or sensor failure; native protections retained; cleanup restricted to owned children
181.132 seconds start-to-cleanup; process exit and storage checks retained

What this run established

$Maximum core reading 62 °C across 36 samples; no thermal stop.
$Final cores 53/53/53/52 °C; cooldown 47 °C.
$The browser CPU-percentage chart disagreed with native busy counters; native intervals were used for load evidence.
$ZFS was online with zero known data errors. SSD health checks showed no critical warning or media errors.
$The temperature widget persisted after reload and reboot. Its values are separate from the unresolved browser CPU-percentage chart discrepancy.
$The final storage checks reported ZFS ONLINE with no known errors and zero NVMe critical warnings, media errors, error-log entries or thermal transitions. Historical shutdown counters were unchanged.