Was lucky enough to get the 3060 ti xc after waiting in queue for over a year. However, I'm concerned with the temps that it's reaching under 80% load. The temps are usually between 71 and 75 degrees Celsius with the "hot spot" hitting 85c. I use GPU-Z to monitor the temps and load percentages. I don't really know what the "hot spot" is, but I know that anything above 80c is bad.
 
Is this a sign of a faulty card? My rig is properly cooled with 5 fans and a radiator, I have never had issues like this previously on my 2060 or other cards. People were telling me it could be the fact that the card comes pre-overclocked. But would an overclock like that make the hot spot go up to 85c under 80% load? 
 
Edit: Apparently the "hot spot" is the temperature that's reported by the graphics driver. So yeah I feel like something is up? 

I generally set my fans to 60% prior to putting a load on the card and that seems to keep the card's temps it check. However my case air flow is excellent and the room temp isn't high either.

71-75C is not unheard of for that card.  What matters is how much power you draw for the given cooler design, case airflow, the efficiency of the silicon, and how well it's pasted.  Lots of variables.  I recommend finding your stock bench performance, then using an undervolt and fixed overclock to match that performance while reducing your power and temps.  Works for me on the same exact card.  My results were 73C out of the box in a high airflow case, undervolt resulted in 65C temps.  I'll post my data in this thread soon...

undervolting might gives you few °C.
 
But at the end, I realize the big limitation is the cooler. anyway, a lot of people getting this card for ITX build, with restricted air flow, and they will hit 80°C+ and its fine.
this card is tiny. Saw few post on FB market asking to trade other bigger model with this evga XC, because its small, if you're lucky you might find someone in your area.
 
I was about to do the move, trade 0$ with a 3060ti asus dual, but didn't want to risk getting a screwed, even if the ads seemed legit