As hinted, the model of the CPU matters. My ~10 year old CPU in my desktop shouldn't go above 100 but my mac's cpu said something like 110 under stress (compiling a big java project) for a while so I was nervous, but yeah, apparently that was expected, whatever number it was (it may not have been 110) was within the acceptable range for peak (probably not extended use). More @Wikipedia
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