MSI's ultimate overclocking graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z, has set several world records in various benchmarks.
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z Graphics Card Is Aiming To Become The Most Impressive GPU For Overclocking, Hits 3.75 GHz & Gets Special "2500W" XOC BIOS
The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z graphics card was pictured yesterday as overclockers got the first greenlight to showcase the PCB of the new model. The card, which is going to be the ultimate overclocker dream, was shown to feature a mind-blowing 40-phase power delivery and dual 16-pin connectors. There were also some early performance figures, but it looks like several overclockers have posted their results & they are just as impressive as we thought.
Previously, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 achieved a record frequency of up to 3.65 GHz. This was set by the GALAX RTX 5090D HOF OC V2. Now, the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z has surpassed this clock frequency by almost 100 MHz, achieving 3742 or almost 3.75 GHz in clock speeds. The memory speeds were also pushed to an impressive 36 Gbps, which was also achieved by the GALAX variant. It looks like 36 Gbps is the cap for GDDR7 OC right now.
Additionally, Alva Jonathan, aka Lucky_n00b, has revealed some interesting bits about the card itself. As per him, the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z "OCER" graphics card is sent specifically to overclockers, and shouldn't be a retail model. The card ships with a non-retail heatsink, and several PCBs have been sent to overclockers for testing and breaking world records. The barebone heatsink that MSI shipped to overclockers is unable to sustain the 600W TDP, which should be no issue since the GPU will be put under some cool LN2 during these tests.
Following is the full list of benchmarks along with their respective scores for the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z OCER graphics card:
TSAIK Submissions:
- GPUPI 1B Score: 0sec 730ms @ 3742/1750 MHz
- GPUPI 1B v3.3: 0sec 720ms @ 3742/1750 MHz
- GPUPI 32B Score: 41sec 110ms @ 3742/1750 MHz
- 3DMark Port Royal: 49,812 Marks @ 3561/2250 MHz
- 3DMark Time Spy: 61,289 Marks @ 3541/2250 MHz
- 3DMark Speedway: 18,619 Marks @ 3547/2250 MHz
- Geekbench 6 Compute: 513,272 Points @ 3525/2250 MHz
- 3DMark Wild Life: 139,907 Marks @ 3480/2250 MHz
Lucky_n00b Submissions:
- Geekbench 5 Compute: 683,433 Points @ 2017/1750 MHz
- GPUPI 1B Score: 0sec 776ms @ 3577/2125 MHz
- GPUPI 32B Score: 46sec 295ms @ 3412/2125 MHz
- GPUPI 1B v3.3: 0sec 758ms @ 3525/2125 MHz
- GPUPI 32B v3.3: 40sec 596ms @ 3570/2125 MHz
littleboy Submissions:
- GPUPI 32B v3.3: 38sec 102ms @ 3720/1750 MHz
- 3DMark Solar Bay: 311,387 Marks @ 3490/2444 MHz
- 3DMark Port Royal: 47,673 Marks @ 3579/2444 MHz
- 3DMark Time Spy: 58,065 Marks @ 3547/2444 MHz
- 3Dmark Solar Bay Extreme: 66,977 Marks @ 3492/2444 MHz
- Unigine Superposition 1080p Xtreme: 36,359 Points @ 3345/2244 MHz
- Unigine Superposition 8K Optimized: 24,882 Points @ 3330/2244 MHz
Additionally, Lucky_n00b has posted what seems to be the maximum power limit of the XOC BIOS that MSI is offering with the GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z OCER graphics card, and that is rated at up to 2500W, which is 500W higher than the 2000W XOC BIOS that ASUS has to offer.
MSI will be launching the GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z graphics card at CES 2026, so expect more info, along with the final retail look, soon.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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