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You might consider adding the CPU temperature to the report, if there's a reasonable way to get it (haven't tried inside a VM). Then you could at least filter out extremely hot hardware.
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CPU model / stepping / microcode versions are probably at least as useful as temperature. I'd also try to get things like the actual DRAM timing + voltage vs. what the XMP extensions (or similar) advertise the manufacturer tested the memory at.

I have at least one motherboard that just re-auto-overclocks itself into a flaky configuration if boot fails a few times in a row (which can happen due to loose power cords, or whatever).




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