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SkatterBencher #67: Intel Core i9-14900K Overclocked to 6200 MHz

Pieter
posted on December 16, 2023August 1, 2024
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We overclock and undervolt the Intel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake Refresh CPU up to 6.2 GHz with the GIGABYTE Z790 Aorus Master X motherboard and EK-Quantum water cooling. This is my first overclocking guide for the 14th-generation Raptor Lake Refresh processors, and it’s taken me quite some

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SkatterBencher #66: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Overclocked to 5750 MHz

Pieter
posted on December 1, 2023November 24, 2023
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We overclock the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X up to 5750 MHz with the ASUS Pro WS TRX50-Sage WiFi motherboard and custom loop water cooling. This will be the third time I overclock a Ryzen Threadripper CPU after the 3990X in SkatterBencher #36 and the 5990X in SkatterBencher #43. Those were also

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9 New Things About Overclocking Ryzen Threadripper 7000

Pieter
posted on November 21, 2023December 12, 2023
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Here are 9 things you need to know before overclocking the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 “Storm Peak” processors. Ryzen Threadripper 7000: Introduction What is “Storm Peak?” Storm Peak is the codename for the brand-new Zen 4-based Ryzen Threadripper 7000 and Ryzen

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Raptor Lake Refresh Fast Throttle

Pieter
posted on October 27, 2023October 24, 2023
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Fast Throttle, or per-core thermal throttle, is one of the new overclocking-related features introduced with Raptor Lake Refresh processors. It’s a thermal management technology that enables per-core clock throttling in case of overheating. Introduction I’m removing the heatsink on top of

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ASUS sets OC world record with Intel Core i9-14900KF at 9.044GHz! | Talking Tech | Intel Technology

Pieter
posted on October 25, 2023October 25, 2023
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SkatterBencher collaborates with ASUS, ElmorLabs, and Intel to break the CPU Frequency World Record once more, this time with the Core i9-14900KF. “Go behind the scenes of the world record set by master overclockers Jon “Elmor” Sandstrom and Pieter “SkatterBencher” Plaisier and

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Foundation Toolkit

Pieter
posted on October 22, 2023October 22, 2023
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The Foundation Toolkit is the first-ever cloud-based CPU customization application built with the Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel® XTU) SDK. It is currently in a proof-of-concept stage as we are gathering additional resources to bring a fully commercial product to market. It is the result of

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SkatterBencher #62: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Overclocked to 2220 MHz

Pieter
posted on October 22, 2023August 10, 2024
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We overclock the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 up to 2200 MHz with the EVGA XC Gaming graphics card and custom loop water cooling. The RTX 3050 is the third NVIDIA graphics card I tried since returning to discrete graphics card overclocking last year. I usually try the most low-end versions of an

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Using Foundation Toolkit to Overclock Intel Core i9-14900K

Pieter
posted on October 22, 2023August 10, 2024
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We use use the Foundation Toolkit to overclock the Core i9-14900K processor on a GIGABYTE Z790 Aorus Master X motherboard. The primary purpose of the blog post is to introduce you to the Foundation Toolkit software and show you how it works. All right, let’s jump straight in. Foundation

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First 9.1 GHz CPU Overclock

Pieter
posted on October 17, 2023March 15, 2024
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I joined Elmor and the ASUS ROG OC team to achieve a 9.1 GHz CPU Overclock with a liquid helium cooled Core i9-14900KF Raptor Lake Refresh CPU. In this blog post, I want to share some behind-the-scenes clips and information on how we achieved this record. So here we are. Elmor from Elmorlabs and I

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AI Benchmark to Measure Machine Learning Performance

Pieter
posted on September 12, 2023August 26, 2023
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I install and run the AI Benchmark to measure machine learning performance on Windows Native and Windows Subsystem for Linux. Introduction Over the past two years, I’ve consistently included the AI Benchmark in almost all SkatterBencher overclocking guides. My first use of this benchmark was

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SkatterBencher #63: Intel Xeon w7-3465X Overclocked to 5100 MHz

Pieter
posted on September 2, 2023October 3, 2025
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We overclock the Intel Xeon w7-3465X up to 5100 MHz with the ASUS Pro WS W790E-Sage SE motherboard and EK-Pro water cooling. We’ll do this by individually adjusting each P-core’s maximum allowed Turbo Ratio and core voltage. I’ll also cover more broadly the basics of Sapphire

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5800 MHz Intel Tiger Lake with Liquid Nitrogen

Pieter
posted on August 23, 2023August 23, 2023
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The world’s fastest Intel Tiger Lake processor runs at 5800 MHz with the help of liquid nitrogen and an 尔英 (Ěr Yīng) motherboard. I also show benchmark results and will share my thoughts on overclocking Tiger Lake. Let’s jump in! Tiger Lake XOC Preparations In preparation for this

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SkatterBencher #67: Intel Core i9-14900K Overclocked to 6200 MHz

SkatterBencher #66: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Overclocked to 5750 MHz

9 New Things About Overclocking Ryzen Threadripper 7000

Raptor Lake Refresh Fast Throttle

ASUS sets OC world record with Intel Core i9-14900KF at 9.044GHz! | Talking Tech | Intel Technology

Foundation Toolkit

SkatterBencher #62: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Overclocked to 2220 MHz

Using Foundation Toolkit to Overclock Intel Core i9-14900K

First 9.1 GHz CPU Overclock

AI Benchmark to Measure Machine Learning Performance

SkatterBencher #63: Intel Xeon w7-3465X Overclocked to 5100 MHz

5800 MHz Intel Tiger Lake with Liquid Nitrogen

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