Kingston and G.Skill boasted record overclocking of DDR5 memory – above 12,000 MT/s with CUDIMM modules

Several RAM manufacturers have reported overclocking DDR5 memory modules to record speeds above 12,000 MT/s. The latest CUDIMMs were used in combination with motherboards with Intel Z890 chipset and Core Ultra 200S processors.

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Kingston has reported overclocking its Fury Renegade DDR5 CUDIMM memory to 12,108 MT/s, which is the highest result in history at the moment. The record was set by overclocker Kovan Yang, who achieved an effective frequency of 6053.7 MHz (12,108 MT/s) on the MSI MEG Z890 UNIFY-X motherboard.

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According to HWBOT, the components were cooled using liquid nitrogen. The memory “started up” with timings CL45-120-120-127-2 in combination with a Core Ultra 7 265KF processor, which had energy-efficient E-cores disabled. On large P-cores, the chip operated at 400 MHz.

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The G.Skill company, in turn, reported slightly more modest memory overclocking results – 12,042 and 12,046 and 12,066 MT/s. Overclocking was carried out by overclockers BenchMarc, OGS, Dreadzone and CENS. The experiment was conducted using the Asus ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard and Core Ultra 9 285K processor. Liquid nitrogen was also used for cooling. In DDR5-12066 mode, the memory worked with timings CL52-92-92-127-2.