Matt26LFC takes gold in Intel Core i7-3770K CPU category

Yesterday, British overclocker Matt26LFC made headlines in Intel Core i7-3770K overclocking and benchmarking. Armed with an LN2 pot, the enthusiast pushed the chip to 6404MHz, securing first place in the Geekbench3 - Single Core discipline. Unfortunately, this was only in the CPU-specific model category:

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The single-core test yielded a score of 5867 points:

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The test bench consisted of the following components:

• Motherboard: ASRock Z77 OC Formula

• RAM: G.SKILL 2x2GB with 8-12-8 28 1T timings

• PSU: Super Flower Leadex 1600W

And here's how it looked:

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Notably, Matt26LFC also managed a respectable RAM overclock (2520MHz), helped by a small LN2 pot for the memory.

Source: HWBot result page