A few days ago we published the most detailed analysis of the Intel Core i9-13900K and Core i5-13600K, some tests that brought a devastating result in terms of performance and showed that the new generation of Intel hit very hard and that if it already offers spectacular performance in the standard configuration, If we step into the sand overclocking the result may leave us speechless.

It was therefore more than conceivable that the community dedicated to taking components to the extreme was waiting with open arms for the arrival of a new high-end Intel product to check out, with the right components. where the limit is the Intel Core i9-13900K, a milestone that may have already been reached, even if we can still count the days until it hits the market. And it is the speed achieved in this test that seems hard to beat. Although, as we already know as we speak overclocking the word impossible is extremely rare, at least if the parts don’t melt.

And it is so, as we can read in TechPowerUp, the Swedish overclocker «elmor» managed to run the Intel Core i9-13900K at 8,812 gigahertz. For context, let’s take a moment to recall the specifications of this processor in terms of speed:

• Eight high-performance cores and sixteen threads at 3GHz-5.5GHz, normal and turbo mode, up to 5.8GHz with Intel Thermal Velocity Boost technology.
• Sixteen highly efficient cores at a frequency of 2.2 GHz-4.3 GHz, normal and turbo mode.

So we’re talking about a jump of three gigahertz, from 5.8 GHz of high-performance cores using Intel Thermal Velocity Boost technology to the 8.812 gigahertz achieved by elmor in this test.

Obviously, we are not talking about something that is available to everyone. As you probably already imagined, overclocking had to use un Cooling system based on liquid nitrogen which, thanks to its exceptionally low temperature equal to or lower than -195.8 degrees Celsius, allowed a core voltage adjustment of 1325 volts, a multiplier of x88 and a bus speed of 100.15 megahertz. For the test, elmor used an ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 APEX motherboard and GSKILL 32 GB DDR5 memory at 4808 MT/s.

With this successful test, elmor became the world overclocking record, matching and surpassing the result achieved more than eight years ago by overclocking The Stilt, when he managed to AMD FX-8370 up to 8722 gigahertza brand that has remained unsurpassed to this day.

Obviously, this performance can only be achieved in a very limited way and only with the right components, but it’s a very interesting example of how far the performance of a beast like the Intel Core i9-13900K can be scaled. And, of course, another sign that mere mortals can confidently turn to solutions like Gigabyte’s Instant 6GHz, get more out of the processor.