Core 2 Duo E8500: OGS set records in wPrime, SuperPi

Today, Greek enthusiast known as OGS surprised the overclocking community by setting two new records with the legendary dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 processor. He achieved both gold medals in similar disciplines: wPrime - 1024m and SuperPi - 32M. In both cases, the processor was cooled with liquid nitrogen.

In wPrime - 1024m OGS achieved stability at 6180MHz, resulting in a time of 6 minutes, 27 seconds, and 312 milliseconds:

For SuperPi - 32M, the Greek overclocker couldn't maintain such a high clock speed on the Core 2 Duo E8500, settling for 6130MHz. This earned him a result of 7 minutes, 35 seconds, and 937 milliseconds:

OGS is a top-tier overclocker, and as is often the case with these enthusiasts, they don't always have time to document every component used in their record runs. This means details about the test bench often need to be pieced together from various sources.

This case was no exception. Unfortunately, the only component that could be definitively identified was the motherboard: a top-tier ASUS Rampage Extreme, based on the X48 chipset.

These kinds of records are truly fascinating and memorable. Even 11 years after its 2008 launch, the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 still sees enthusiasts pushing it to new limits, surprising everyone by besting what once seemed like insurmountable, staggering results.

Happy benchmarking, folks!

Source: OGS's profile on HWBot