AMD Ryzen 5 9600X sets overclocking record among Zen 5 processors |
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Overclocker Alva Jonantan from Indonesia has set a new overclocking record for AMD Ryzen 5 9600X on the first day of sales. "Budget" chip surpassed all known indicators of other solutions based on Zen 5 architecture - however, using a non-standard cooling system. During the experiment the overclocker managed to achieve a frequency of 6.999 GHz on all six CPUCPU is the abbreviation for central processing unit (the processor). The CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place. cores. For comparison - AMD itself shared its own "record" overclocking results of Ryzen 5 9600X earlier, reaching only a more modest 6.6 GHz. The test platform included an MSI MEG X670E ACE motherboard, a pair of 16GB DDR5 memory modules and a cooling system based on a "cup" for liquid nitrogen. At the end of the overclocking session AMD Ryzen 5 9600X became the absolute leader in Cinebench 2024 and Y-Cruncher PI-BBP-10B tests. |