Just published SkatterBencher #98: Ryzen 5 9500F Overclocked to 5.3G The 9500F was pretty interesting because of its V/F curve [...] Furthermore, it comes with all the tuning knobs so you can optimize it into a 5G AVX-512 Zen 5. Read: skatterbencher.com/2026/02/18/s... Watch: youtu.be/Fc7UHcwvHI8

Leave no stone unturned when chasing record-breaking performance. Peter from @asusrog.bsky.social R&D shows their W890 test motherboard for Intel Xeon 600 series processors More info on the records: newsroom.intel.com/intel-produc...

Just published SkatterBencher #97: AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Overclocked to 5860 MHz with AIO cooling. - 5860 MHz peak effective clock - +10% geomean performance speedup - 5000 MHz all-core @ocbase.com OCCT AVX-512 Read here: skatterbencher.com/2026/01/28/s... Watch here: youtu.be/cf1Jj5PdFcU

Too easy to hit 6G with 9850X3D

🏆 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D leads a triple X3D podium for Most Watched CPU Overclocking Guides on the SkatterBencher YouTube channel. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X refuses to die ... Thanks to everyone for tuning in! (pun intended)

Just published SkatterBencher #96: Apacer NOX RGB DDR5-6800 4x16GB Tuned for AMD Ryzen 9 9900X. +40% geomean performance speed-up +60% memory write bandwidth +50% LLM performance Read here: skatterbencher.com/2025/12/16/s... Watch here: youtu.be/LVFHQPsILuY

Just published SkatterBencher #95: Apacer NOX RGB DDR5-6800 2x16GB Tuned for Ryzen 9 9900X Highlights: - +30% geomean performance speed-up - +60% memory read bandwidth - +40% LLM performance Read here: skatterbencher.com/2025/12/06/s... Watch here: youtu.be/wpWoEBhV28Y

🎉 New Memory Overclocking World Record! 🎉 6703.9 MHz (13407.8 MT/sec) by Saltycroissant 🇨🇦 using Intel Arrow Lake, Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Tachyon Ice, and @corsair.com Vengeance DDR5. Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m... Validation: valid.x86.fr/9si282

Made my life a little more convenient with the @gskill.bsky.social WigiDash & BENCHLAB 😎

I have the coolest fans! Thanks for the care package Noctua! ❤️

🎉 New Memory Overclocking World Record! 🎉 6661.4 MHz (13322.8 MT/sec) by CENS 🇩🇪 using Intel Arrow Lake, @asusrog.bsky.social MAXIMUS Z890 APEX, and G.SKILL Trident Z5 DDR5. Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m... Validation: valid.x86.fr/x02qsb

Just published SkatterBencher #94: Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 9000) Extreme Overclock to 3595 MHZ Highlights: - Nearly 3.6 GHz peak effective clock - 909 pts in @geeks3d.com Furmark 2 - 60% geomean performance improvement Read here: skatterbencher.com/2025/11/03/s... Watch here: youtu.be/ZLZYFg5-jGA

🎉 New Memory Overclocking World Record! 🎉 6605.7 MHz (13211.4 MT/sec) by AiMax 🇺🇸 using Intel Arrow Lake, GIGABYTE Z890 Aorus Tachyon Ice, and Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5. Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m... Validation: valid.x86.fr/ywfj06

Working on a #sponsored video in collaboration with Apacer to check out their NOX DDR5-6800 kit. Won't be breaking overclocking records like Saltycroissant or CENS, but will be looking at the performance impact of tuned memory with the Ryzen 9 9900X.

🎉 Another New Memory Overclocking World Record! 🎉 6576.8 MHz (13153.6 MT/sec) by Saltycroissant 🇨🇦 using Intel Arrow Lake, GIGABYTE Z890 Aorus Tachyon Ice, and @corsair.com Vengeance DDR5. Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m... Validation: valid.x86.fr/j4et68

🎉 New Memory Overclocking World Record! 🎉 6520.7 MHz (13041.4 MT/sec) by CENS 🇩🇪 using Intel Arrow Lake, @asusrog.bsky.social Maximus Z890 Apex, and G.SKILL OC World Cup 2025 DDR5. Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m... Validation: valid.x86.fr/83asni

Just published SkatterBencher #93: Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 9000) Overclocked to 3000 MHz. Highlights: - Up to 3 GHz with GFX Curve Optimizer - DDR5-8000 with tighter timings and 2200 MHz FCLK - +160% in GPU Memory Read Bandwidth Read: skatterbencher.com/2025/10/10/s... Watch: youtu.be/ePRSSftM5zU

It's that time of the year again 🥶

With a copper heatsink it instantly looks 100% faster

I explore four tuning strategies for AMD's Ryzen 9 9900X using the @asusrog.bsky.social X870E Hero & G.SKILL DDR5-8000 memory. 5825 MHz CCD0 PBO DDR5-8000, optimized timings +12.36% Geomean +49.42% Y-Cruncher Read here: skatterbencher.com/2025/09/27/s... Watch here: youtu.be/_a7zKqtyNkk

Attending the ElmorLabs Dev Workshop today (and got an official t-shirt) ✨ Spending some quality time with the OrangePi RV2 RISC-V SBC

And so it begins ... RISC-V browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/14102...

🎉 New Memory Overclocking World Record! 🎉 6460.1 MHz by Saltycroissant 🇨🇦 using Intel Arrow Lake, GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS TACHYON ICE, and @corsair.com Vengeance DDR5. Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m... Validation: valid.x86.fr/wiven5

Thanks for the goodies OrangePi! 😍 Should be a fun autumn project!

We fine-tuned the performance of AMD's new Ryzen 7 9700F with advanced overclocking tools like asynchronous eclk and curve shaper. 🚀 +300 MHz in 1T/nT workloads, +40% memory bandwidth & latency, and +12.5% geomean performance. 🌐 skatterbencher.com/2025/09/16/s... ▶️ youtu.be/C3uRWOC8Nw0

Just pushed the Rockchip RK3588 on Orange Pi 5 Max to 3454 MHz under liquid nitrogen! ❄️ That’s +42% perf overall, up to ~80% in some workloads. Blog: skatterbencher.com/2025/09/06/skatterbencher-91-rockchip-rk3588-extreme-overclock-to-3454-mhz/ YouTube: youtu.be/J970ZKjSJwU

New CPU Overclocking World Record! 9130.33 MHz by Wytiwx 🇨🇳 using Intel Raptor Lake and @asusrog.bsky.social Z790 Apex. Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/c... Validation: valid.x86.fr/qg4yna

SkatterBencher #89: Orange Pi 5 Max Overclocked to 2650 MHz Blog: skatterbencher.com/2025/08/23/s... YouTube: youtu.be/wChMANDaqqo Bilibili: www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Gae...

New Memory Overclocking World Record! 6443.1 MHz by Saltycroissant 🇨🇦 using Intel Arrow Lake, @asrock.bsky.social Z890 Taichi, and @corsair.com Vengeance DDR5. Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m... Validation: valid.x86.fr/y8q947

It's time

Finally done with my RK3588 clock config tool 🥳

SkatterBencher #88: Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9975WX Overclocked to 5625 MHz Blog: skatterbencher.com/2025/07/23/s... YouTube: youtu.be/OXF10QYiTxw Bilibili: www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Lh8...

Thanks ChatGPT! Took me only a day or two to put together an RK3588 telemetry tool for my Orange Pi 5 Max with the help of AI. Incredible!

I recently came across a Lynnfield P55 overclocking guide I wrote for MSI back in 2009. Republished on my blog as a keepsake. I'd like to believe my guides are much better now :) skatterbencher.com/2009/08/05/c...

New Memory Overclocking World Record! 6436.1 MHz by Bl4ckdot 🇫🇷 Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m... Validation: valid.x86.fr/twnu67

Making good progress with the summer project browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/searc...

Core Ultra 7 265K Undervolt & Overclock to 5700 MHz | SkatterBencher #87 Blog: skatterbencher.com/2025/06/18/s... YouTube: youtu.be/wrsItH7ZZ18

Summer holiday project :)

I Broke the GPU Frequency Overclocking World Record Live at Computex 2025 Blog: skatterbencher.com/2025/06/04/i... YouTube: youtu.be/IUMg3E2Oe54

Buying a RPi 5 8GB - $80 Overclocking RPi 5 with LN2 - $500 Getting featured on the official @raspberrypi.com website ... Priceless. www.raspberrypi.com/news/extreme...

Always nice to receive gifts from friends during Computex 🇮🇩❤️

New Memory Overclocking World Record! 6416.3 MHz by Saltycroissant 🇨🇦 Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m... Validation: valid.x86.fr/5jqbgg

ASUS ROG Z890 Apex wins best EHA 2025 Best Overclocking Product! 🎉 Agree or disagree? I used the board in SkatterBencher #84 to overclock the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K up to 5800 MHz.

SkatterBencher #86: Intel Graphics (Arrow Lake) Overclocked to 3100 MHz Blog: skatterbencher.com/2025/05/07/s... YouTube: youtu.be/zK6pf8CcD

I'm happy to, once again, share the @gskill.bsky.social OC World Record Stage with Elmor, Safedisk, and Tony for @asusrog.bsky.social during Computex 2025! Blog: skatterbencher.com/2025/05/08/g...

Two New Memory Overclocking World Records in 1 day! May 3, 1PM: 6386.8 MHz by Blackdot May 3, 10PM: 6402.7 MHz by Saltycroissant Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc... Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m... Validation: valid.x86.fr/fl4te2 Validation: valid.x86.fr/6cuwgd

Thanks ElmorLabs for borrowing an RTX 5090. Now I'm at the top of the @evolve-benchmark.bsky.social PathTracing leaderboards! 🚀 www.evolvebenchmark.com/hall-of-fame...

Overclock Without Voiding Warranty with Intel 200S Boost Blog: skatterbencher.com/2025/04/22/o... YouTube: youtu.be/YPmMsuZGvlM

Been playing around with a new European 3D benchmark called Evolve 🇪🇺 The Hall of Fame is public and looks like I made it into the top-5 :) Latest release notes: www.evolvebenchmark.com/release-note...

Making a Ryzen 9000 V/F Curve Blog: skatterbencher.com/2025/04/15/m... YouTube: youtu.be/eUqxKRtuxmY