That's right, there's no mistake in this news item's title. Australian overclocker bob(nz) secured first place in the 3DMark05 discipline for the GeForce GTX 1080 category, all thanks to a Core i9-9900KS processor overclocked to 7200 MHz.
Currently, results in the 3DMark 2003 graphics card benchmark are 99% dependent on the CPU clock speed. As you might have guessed, this is because the test was developed during the era of single-core processors. Consequently, the 3DMark 2003 video subtest can only utilize a single thread.
Thus, the 7200 MHz clock speed of the Core i9-9900KS chip allowed bob(nz) to reach the top of the 3DMark05 category. The overclocker's final score was 91,428 "marks":
Of course, it's worth noting that the graphics card was also overclocked during the tests: 2062 MHz on the GPU (+28.31% over stock) and 11200 MHz on the GDDR5X video memory (+11.91% over stock). However, this GTX 1080 overclock isn't particularly remarkable, as similar frequencies can be achieved without extreme cooling methods in a home environment.
bob(nz)'s test rig consisted of the following components:
Processor - Intel Core i9-9900KS;
Motherboard - EVGA Z390 Dark (131-CS-E399-KR);
RAM - two 8GB sticks of G.Skill TridentZ Royal @ 4856 MHz CL14.0 13-13-28.
Source: Result page on HWBot
