Core i9 12900KS breaks record; breaches 7.5 GHz

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/19/2022 08:58 AM | source: MSI | 15 comment(s)

MSI and Japanese overclocker Shimizu have clocked an Intel Core i9-12900KS to 7.5 GHz, shattering the previous record for that CPU.

The Intel processor was combined with an MSI MEG Z690 Unify-X motherboard, which is a high-end Z690 variant. With the multiplier set to x74 and the speed set to 101.39 MHz, the frequency was 7503 MHz. The Intel Core i9-12900KS was overclocked to a maximum of 1.74 V (just two cores). The previous record was set on the same motherboard but by Taiwanese overclocker TSAIK, who was also using an MSI motherboard. In this scenario, the overclock was somewhat lower than the previous record (7.45 GHz), but only by one core and 1769 V, making the new record with less voltage and more cores even more astounding.

The Intel Core i9-12900KS is the best solution for 12th Generation Intel CPUs, slightly faster than the base i9-12900K by 200Mhz and 100Mhz in the cores' base frequency performance and efficiency, respectively, with a 5.5 GHz single-core boost, up 300 MHz above the base model.

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Jas39Grippen
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#6010588 Posted on: 04/19/2022 10:32 AM

Oh No!, You said "Taiwanese" there Hilbert....some companies won't like that one bit.

cucaulay malkin
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#6010591 Posted on: 04/19/2022 10:40 AM

it's 2022,everyone can identify as a Taiwanese overclocker if they wish

Kaarme
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#6010656 Posted on: 04/19/2022 02:43 PM

Oh No!, You said "Taiwanese" there Hilbert....some companies won't like that one bit.

I'm pretty sure Taiwanese is the correct word, not Formosan.

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#6010671 Posted on: 04/19/2022 03:20 PM

China prefers the term Chinese Taipei

i call it Taiwan (so do they), the main island is Formosa (but there's more than one island in Taiwan).

in any case i could give a rolling rat fart about a two core overclock. it's neat it was done (at formidable expense)
but the usefulness is zero

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#6010683 Posted on: 04/19/2022 03:53 PM

Yep, wake me up when you got the whole CPU running at this speed. I would expect a 12900KS to reach 7.5 on 2 cores and LN2.

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