95 Celsius is bad. At 95 Celsius the CPU is scaling back performance, often called "throttling", to prevent itself from damage. When it is throttling, it does so by dropping the frequency and supply voltage down to limit thermals. It will keep scaling down to stay at or below 95 Celsius. Basically, your performance goes down the drain and it will not perform to the standards it is capable of.   If Dell says "it is ok" and "within specs", that is only because the processor is limiting itself and will do anything it can to keep going past 95 Celsius and stay "within specs".  If you think about it, you are only 5 Celsius away from the temperature required to turn water into steam.   You have definitely something going on that is not right.
Hey community,I am writing in to get some understanding of what is normal, and what is not normal.From everything I have read, CPU temps should be at a comfortable 80-85 maximum, on full load.I just got my Aurora R10 with a Ryzen 7 5800 CPU. I've been playing Rust on Steam. Conditions:Rust near maximum settings-Max 22% CPU usage-Temperature reached 97 degrees Celsius-Fans set to Quiet   Called support, they updated all the things (yes I said that) Launched Rust again, same issue, but only slightly better.   I turned the fan speed to 100% Maximum, with 21% CPU usage it was peaking at 93 Celsius.   Not normal, right? I'm planning on returning it but hoping Dell will count this as defective and not nail me for restock and return shipping. We're talking about a couple hundred dollars on this. All thoughts on this help! Thanks,DannyQuick edit:The fan speed and temp were oscillating. It was like a child flipping a switch for a light. Up and down up and down, as if it wasn't sure what it should be doing.
Aurora R10, Ryzen 7 5800 overheating approaching 100C