Woolphy,
Thank you for the response.
1) I will try changing the direction of a couple of fans tonight, but in my experience with computer builds, changing the direction of intake and exhaust fans have a negligible affect on the CPU temperatures. We're talking 1-2C differences sometimes. I am seeing significant high temperatures of up to 100C.
2) I have heard of the issue with Corsair water coolers and I have tried the recommended ideas such as tightening or loosening the screws on the backplate. I haven't tried using a washer yet, but at this point, I'm willing to try anything. My concern is that I'm seeing these temperatures with the stock cooler as well as the SilverStone NT01-P. Also, I have a computer running an i5 4690k and it has no problems at all with the same H60i liquid cooler.
3) I am aware of the break in period of compounds. As you stated, it should not have my temperatures going in high 80C's-90C's due to this.
4) When running the Intel PDT(64bit), the performance tab shows it running 92-94% of the CPU with other programs running in background adding to about 98% load. How is it that the Intel PDT is so significantly different than the other CPU stress tests out there (Prime95, OCCT, EVGA OCX, etc.)? Also, in real-world testing, games such as BioShock, Ghost 2, even NBA2k15 gives temperatures of 80C+. Is it possible that the Intel PDT is running single core test rather than running all 4 cores?
Thanks for your time.