Overview
- Chinese overclocker wytiwx set a 9.206 GHz mark Saturday, with CPU‑Z validation and a top ranking on HWBot.
- The session ran on an ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex motherboard paired with 16 GB of DDR5 at 5792 MT/s with CL32 timings.
- The chip held 1.348 volts during the brief validation under cryogenic cooling using a 103.44 MHz bus and an 89x multiplier.
- The new peak surpasses elmor’s 9.118 GHz run on a Core i9‑14900KS, moving past safedisk’s long‑standing 8.851 GHz result.
- Reports differ on how many cores were active, with accounts citing seven cores, eight performance cores, or a single P‑core at peak frequency.