Hungarian overclocker CSZ managed to push the quad-core Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 CPU to an impressive 5002 MHz, setting two category records for this processor in the demanding wPrime - 32m and wPrime - 1024m benchmarks.
Benchmark: | Result: | CPU frequency: | RAM frequency: | RAM timings: |
wPrime - 32m | 7sec 223ms | 5002.49 MHz | 1111.6 MHz | 5-5-5-18-80 2T |
wPrime - 1024m | 3min 49sec 336ms | 5001.8 MHz | 1111.8 MHz | 5-5-5-18-80 2T |
The CPU was cooled using a liquid nitrogen pot, paired with a high-end GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P motherboard and OCZ Reaper HPC DDR2 memory.
⤢ ВІДКРИТИWhen asked when we can expect results in other benchmarks, the overclocker kept it brief: "Next time." This suggests we can expect the Hungarian enthusiast to return to the Core 2 Quad Q9650 soon to smash more records.
Here is what the enthusiast's test bench looked like:
⤢ ВІДКРИТИSource: Enthusiast's profile on HWBot
