We have finally broken the 13000 MT/s barrier, which is an insane feat for DDR5 memory. This memory world record was achieved using Corsair Vengeance DDR5 on GIGABYTE Z890 Aorus Tachyon ICE.
German Overclocker Touches 13010 MT/s DDR5 Speed, Claiming the Top Position in DDR5 Frequency Records
Last month, we had popular overclocker "saltycroissant" breaking a new world record in DDR5 memory frequency, achieving 12,920 MT/s on the GIGABYTE Z890 Aorus TACHYON. The overclocker also unofficially surpassed 13,000 MT/s, but before he could do that officially, the German overclocker "sergmann" took over and became the first man to reach over 13,000 MT/s.
As per the HWBot results, which have also been verified by CPU-Z, the overclocker achieved a DDR5 frequency of 6504.0 MHz or an effective data rate of ~13,010 MT/s. We were waiting for 13,000 MT/s eagerly for months, but the frequency increments were almost stagnant for several months. This extreme overclocking saga started last year after Intel released its Core Ultra 200S processors and the Z890 chipset motherboards.
The processors have excellent memory controllers to support high DDR5 memory frequencies, and we have witnessed dozens of overclockers breaking the 10,000 MT/s mark easily, and several enthusiasts exceeding 12,000 MT/s recently. Sergmann's setup, including a 24 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory module, installed on the GIGABYTE Z890 Aorus Tachyon ICE paired with Intel Core Ultra 9 285K. Of course, liquid nitrogen cooling was deployed on both to achieve such a high memory transfer speed.
Thanks Gigabyte, MIFCOM, Corsair (Sofos), Seasonic and ThermalGrizzly. Special thanks also to Salty! Stay tuned for more 😉
- Sergmann
As you can see, the results reveal the settings and the parameters used for achieving such high frequency. The 13010 MT/s was achieved at CL68-127-127-127-2, which basically isn't ideal for regular use, since high latency negates benefits of high frequency. Also, the IMC to Memory Clock ratio is really high (3:190), which is necessary to achieve such high memory speeds. Nonetheless, this is more about reaching the top of the leaderboard rather than competing for performance.
Such memory speeds can only be achieved through consistent efforts and take time as it requires micro-level tuning with superior motherboard circuitry, a robust memory controller, and high-quality DRAM modules. Now going from 13,000 MT/s to 14,000 MT/s will be incredibly difficult compared to going from 12,000 MT/s to 13,000 MT/s, but we are eager to see if it's even possible.
News Source: Videocardz
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