The megahertz race is not about processor of Mr. Everyman, but doped with liquid helium, the Core i9-14900K seems capable of reaching heights.
On November 19, 2012, an AMD FX-8350 processor set a barely believable record of 8,794.33 MHz. More than ten years later, this overclocking record still stood despite the release of many other chips.
By releasing the Core i9-13900K, Intel was not far from allowing this record to fall, with a maximum of 8,734.02 MHz validated in August 2023, but it is the arrival of the very recent Core i9- 14900K which just brought down the FX-8350.
More than 9 GHz for the first time
During our test, this Core i9-14900K did not really shine, and we find it difficult to frankly recommend it compared to the Core i9-13900K. However, the Raptor Lake Refresh generation seems to have some advantages to put forward.
There is no doubt that this is in any case the opinion of the team brought together by ASUS ROG in order to break the said record. Made up of overclocking experts like Elmor, SkatterBencher, Shamino and Bing, the team managed to get this Core i9-14900K to 9,043.92 MHz. To do this, the processor was mounted on an ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 APEX ENCORE motherboard and supported by 16 GB of DDR5-4824 RAM.
In addition to breaking the record for the AMD FX-8350 processor, the feat marks the first time that a CPU has been validated by the CPU-Z tool at more than 9 GHz… but it was in reality the second attempt to the team.
9.1 GHz in the viewfinder?
Indeed, using a cooling system based on liquid helium, the ASUS ROG team first reached 9.1 GHz, but at this frequency, it was not possible to validate the result by CPU-Z .
It is also good to note that the frequency scores given by CPU-Z could have been manipulated or distorted by certain users, but as pointed out VideoCardz, the developers of the famous software have managed to rectify the situation. If the frequency of 9.1 GHz could not be validated by the ASUS ROG team, that of 9,043.92 MHz is not in doubt.
In all likelihood, however, we should be able to obtain these famous 9.1 GHz, and perhaps even a little more, when SkatterBencher, Elmor and the others have solved their little problems.
Source : VideoCardz
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