G.skill & ASUS take home new memory OC record, 2112 MT/s on Z890
DDR5 memory OC record broken with G.Skill Z5 Neo
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A new memory overclocking record has been set using Gskill memory by safedisk on HWbot. The record creeps just ahead of the previous record holder, Kovan Yang, who used a Kingston Fury set.
The industry has been abuzz lately, with memory overclocking records being broken almost daily, thanks to the recent release of the Core Ultra 200 series CPUs. These efficiency-focused CPUs leave a lot of thermal headroom for overclockers to get into it, pushing the boundaries of current hardware. (not that thermal headroom matters when you have a can of LN2)
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Safedisk on HWbot is the latest record breaker, managing a blisteringly fast 12,112MT/s using a G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB memory kit. This beat the previous 12,107MT/s set by Kovan Yang using a Kingston kit.
The record was broken using the new Intel flagship Core Ultra 9 285K, which has been met with some pretty bad reviews across the board from a gaming perspective. However, its efficiency and multi-core performance are unmatched, which is ironic for a CPU that doesn’t have any hyperthreading. Regardless, these characteristics make it perfect for trying to break records and break records it has.
Clicking through to the CPU-Z validator on the HWbot page indeed confirms the final number when it’s been doubled to account for DDR (Double Data Rate). The record stands at 12,112MT/s, which is far more than you need and something you aren’t likely to achieve unless you have a constant supply of LN2 at home.
This is a defining moment for memory overclockers everywhere; the next big milestone must be 12,500. With memory manufacturers constantly firing memory kits at us with ever-increasing stock frequencies, we could say we aren’t that far off from another record.
