Zcoin earns 2x on CPU as crypto night coins but CPU temps are high
I've tried mining ZCoin using MiningPoolHub, well in my experience, I was not able to get a decent rate. Then I moved on to mining XMR and I feel it is better than mining ZCoin. It might be due to difficulty or even the current price of the coin. Try mining XMR using nanopool. Cheers.