Intel Core i7-4770K clocked to 7068.52MHz

In a press-release MSI informs us that a new overclocking record has been set with its Z87 XPOWER motherboard. The Overclocking Knights managed to overclock Intel's Core i7-4770K to a wwhopping 7068.52MHz! The new Z87 XPOWER, the top of the line overclocking motherboard recently broke all previous overclocking records for the Intel Core i7-4770K by validating a smashing 7068.52 MHz clock speed. All previous records were set on Engineering samples unavailable to normal users and the Z87 XPOWER record was set on a Retail CPU available in stores right now. This latest score puts MSI firmly at the top of Z87 Overclocking leaderboards.

The new Z87 XPOWER, the top of the line overclocking motherboard recently broke all previous overclocking records for the Intel® Core™ i7-4770K by validating a smashing 7068.52 MHz clock speed. All previous records were set on Engineering samples unavailable to normal users and the Z87 XPOWER record was set on a Retail CPU available in stores right now. This latest score puts MSI firmly at the top of Z87 Overclocking leaderboards.

With the continuation of the design principles of the Z77 MPOWER, which are: Easy Overclocking and Top Stability, MSI Z87 Overclocking series features record holding motherboards such as the Z87 MPOWER, Z87 MPOWER SP, Z87 MPOWER MAX and Z87 XPOWER. In fact 2 out of 3 the fastest Z87 Motherboards on HWBot.org are MSI Z87 OC motherboards. This includes the highest clock-speed for a retail processor. This extreme performance stems from OC Certified testing principle, the use of Military Class 4 components and the integration of the MSI/Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility.