Australian overclocker Zarok77 pushed an AMD Ryzen 3 3300X processor to 5738 MHz (a 51.00% increase over its nominal clock speed). This earned him second place for that specific chip model in the Geekbench3 - Multi Core discipline, as well as an overall silver medal in the 4-core rankings.
Liquid nitrogen, a common sight in such competitions, was used for cooling. It allowed the enthusiast to maintain the 5738 MHz frequency throughout the entire test session, leading to a Geekbench3 benchmark score of 30651 points:
However, even that impressive frequency wasn't enough to secure first place. Chinese overclocker Takukou still holds the top spot with a score of 30700 points.
Zarok77's test bench consisted of the following components:
Motherboard – ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero;
RAM – G.SKILL Trident Z Royal.
And looked like this:
⤢ ВІДКРИТИSource:Result page on HWBot
