<# .SYNOPSIS Checks the CPU status .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script queries the CPU status (name, type, speed, temperature, etc) and prints it. .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-cpu.ps1 ✅ Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900X CPU @ 3.70GHz (AMD64, 20 cores, CPU0, 3696MHz, CPU0 socket, 31.3°C) .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> function GetCPUArchitecture { if ("$env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE" -ne "") { return "$env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE" } if ($IsLinux) { $Name = $PSVersionTable.OS if ($Name -like "*-generic *") { if ([System.Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) { return "x64" } else { return "x86" } } elseif ($Name -like "*-raspi *") { if ([System.Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) { return "ARM64" } else { return "ARM32" } } elseif ([System.Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) { return "64-bit" } else { return "32-bit" } } } function GetCPUTemperature { $temp = 99999.9 # unsupported if ($IsLinux) { if (Test-Path "/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp" -pathType leaf) { [int]$IntTemp = Get-Content "/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp" $temp = [math]::round($IntTemp / 1000.0, 1) } } else { $objects = Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT * FROM Win32_PerfFormattedData_Counters_ThermalZoneInformation" -Namespace "root/CIMV2" foreach ($object in $objects) { $highPrec = $object.HighPrecisionTemperature $temp = [math]::round($highPrec / 100.0, 1) } } return $temp } try { Write-Progress "Querying CPU status..." $status = "✅" $arch = GetCPUArchitecture if ($IsLinux) { $cpuName = "$arch CPU" $arch = "" $deviceID = "" $speed = "" $socket = "" } else { $details = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Processor $cpuName = $details.Name.trim() $arch = "$arch, " $deviceID = "$($details.DeviceID), " $speed = "$($details.MaxClockSpeed)MHz, " $socket = "$($details.SocketDesignation) socket" } $cores = [System.Environment]::ProcessorCount $celsius = GetCPUTemperature if ($celsius -eq 99999.9) { $temp = "no temp" } elseif ($celsius -gt 80) { $temp = "$($celsius)°C TOO HOT" $status = "⚠️" } elseif ($celsius -gt 50) { $temp = "$($celsius)°C HOT" $status = "⚠️" } elseif ($celsius -lt 0) { $temp = "$($celsius)°C TOO COLD" $status = "⚠️" } else { $temp = "$($celsius)°C OK" } Write-Progress -completed "Done." Write-Host "$status $cpuName ($($arch)$cores cores, $($deviceID)$($speed)$($socket)) - $temp" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }