CPU Temp readings - which is right?

Hello All:
For Xmas I treated myself to a new system build featuring a msi 970a-g46 and an amd fx-6300.  It's a huge improvement over the p4 3.06ghz w/hyper threading I've been running for the last 8 years.   I don't plan on doing any hard core gaming or aggressive overclocking.  It's mainly a media server for my home network.   The hardest work it will probably do is playing blu-ray movies or ripping them.   However,  I do want to keep an eye on cpu temps.   In the past I've relied on hwid and core temp.   I ran some prime95 stress tests and both hwid and core temp showed the cpu help holding steady at 51c; but msi control center/click bios showed the cpu temp as a very warm 68c.  Which of these tools should I rely on?  You can see most of my gear in my signature.   Thanks in advance.

I ran 3Dmark with 7770x2 and trust me 3Dmark tells me mine isn't either, to a degree.  But Mine sure is.  All my games play very incredibly well.  3Dmark is just a benchmark to compare to other hardware not necessarily a gaming minimum test.

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    Well, if your heatsink is cold and your CPU temp on BIOS is hot there are two possible reassons:
    [list=1]
    BIOS 1.4 does not guarantee accurate CPU temp readings
    Heatsink is not properly seated on the CPU or thermal paste has bubbles within[/list=1]
    But that is not my situation. I do know CPU readings are accurate when it shows 39 ºC because I actually used a termometer in contact with the heatsink to meassure it.
    What I am not sure is if that accuracy is so when the CPU is hot (>50ºC) as it is when cold (

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    have no idea why it doesn't fluctuate anymore, but still disappointed that it's not as low as the low-end of the flakey temps, but still glad it's not as high as what it topped out at before. i was hoping 'real' temps would read 25-30 C now and i rebooted a few times to try and get a 'lower' value but no go.
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  • Which is right? speedfan or corecenter for temperatures?

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    You took it right ! Is my english so bad...?? Bios ver. 1.5 shows correct readings after cold boot (yes when you are in windows and boot another time)
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    I just flashed to bios v1.8 and the high temp of 40c when boot is fix 
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