Wednesday, May 31st 2017

Intel Core i9-7900X Overclocked To 5.7GHz Breaking Cinebench World Records

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Now that Intel has officially rolled out its "Core-X" family based on the Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X CPUs, overclocking of them has begun in earnest for those lucky few who have one in hand. As per usual, benchmarkers at the extreme end of the spectrum tend to shoot for the moon no holds barred, driven by the fumes of LN2 cooling. For one lucky i9-7900X owner calling himself "Elmor," he took his rightful place among the benchmarking stars, shattering the previous Cinebench world record for a 10-core chip with a very respectable 5.7GHz final clock. His score in Cinebench R15 was 3181, while Cinebench R11.5 scored 34.79.
Elmor is of course not new at this. He has a previous record attained with a Ryzen 7 1800X early during early launch, so it seems professional overclocking is alive and well. This of course is by no means what an average OC'er should expect out of any chip, but it is still impressive and an achievement in its own right to see these chips pushed so far.
Sources: HWBOT, HotHardware

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73 Comments on Intel Core i9-7900X Overclocked To 5.7GHz Breaking Cinebench World Records

#27
TheinsanegamerN
R-T-BNo, that's my brother. I shit you not, the kid actually has 4 kidneys.

Me? I get by without them, which means I have to spend something called money. :(
well, if he has four and you have none, seems like an easy solution.
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#28
Prima.Vera
Give me 5Ghz on shitty stock air cooling and that would have been news. Not this L2 bs...
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#29
EarthDog
Its not BS to those that do this... If you don't think its news, that's fine, but keep the hate to yourself... some people, in facts thousands, enjoy this as a hobby. :)
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#30
R-T-B
TheinsanegamerNwell, if he has four and you have none, seems like an easy solution.
If I was less squeamish maybe.

PS: My human incarnation actually has two kidneys, but I ain't selling them either.
EarthDogits news for the thousands that like to push their chips to the limit.

...now, let me get out of your orbit. :p
Some people can't see that they are only but a tree in the forest. In other words, not all news caters directly to them.

Remember this people. No, I made clear this is not relevant to "mainstreamers" but there is an audience that appreciates news like this. That's why it's here.
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#31
Ruru
S.T.A.R.S.
I guess this wasn't delidded and ran with that shitty pepsodent-grade TIM?
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#32
ensabrenoir
.....its so nice to see AMDers with something to actually brag about...for real this time
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#34
krusha03
ensabrenoir.....its so nice to see AMDers with something to actually brag about...for real this time
And what, does your mum work at Intel or something so you get the latest CPU when it's out? The only reason I am rooting for AMD right now on both fronts is because without them I would still pay 300 euros for a 4 core CPU and 400 euros for a mid-range GPU. It is in everyone's interest when there is competition.

I really don't get this fanboy bullshit:confused:
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#35
Dethroy
krusha03And what, does your mum work at Intel or something so you get the latest CPU when it's out? The only reason I am rooting for AMD right now on both fronts is because without them I would still pay 300 euros for a 4 core CPU and 400 euros for a mid-range GPU. It is in everyone's interest when there is competition.

I really don't get this fanboy bullshit:confused:
I think you misinterpreted @ensabrenoir 's post.

Anyways, interesting times ahead for sure! Thankfully, AMD's Zen architecture is a success.
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#36
techy1
those who says something like "game over AMD", "Intel is still the king"... you must be aware - that previous intels HEDT 12c/20t chip costed 1700$, and the 8c/16t costed 1000$ (and that for few generations - since 2011-v1) - now these prices are -50%, just like that... guess which other CPU maker made that possible for all uf us ?
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#37
Dethroy
EarthDogYes.

Its faster clock for clock...ryzen ipc is a few % slower and they are clocking higher on ln2 it seems.
A swiftly created spreadsheet - using the data you provided in the quote below - tells a different story ...

EarthDogIt was ~400mhz slower and a few threads short. :). 5.75 ghz to 5.3x ghz for ryzen..

hwbot.org/benchmark/cinebench_-_r15/rankings?hardwareTypeId=processor_5392&cores=8#start=0#interval=20

hwbot.org/benchmark/cinebench_-_r15/rankings?hardwareTypeId=processor_5453&cores=10#start=0#interval=20
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#38
HTC
DethroyA swiftly created spreadsheet - using the data you provided in the quote below - tells a different story ...
Interesting ...
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#39
R0H1T
HTCInteresting ...
The HT in Ryzen is the secret sauce, check any reviews & it gets better scaling than Intel with 16 threads except certain outliers. Impressive considering it's it's just their first try, ST IPC is indeed at par or just below Broadwell but that in itself tells you nothing, for instance crypto benchmarks favor AMD heavily especially with Ryzen.
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#40
ShurikN
DethroyA swiftly created spreadsheet - using the data you provided in the quote below - tells a different story ...

This isn't the first time I've seen it, but seems like Ryzen does multithreading better than Intel.
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#41
EarthDog
DethroyA swiftly created spreadsheet - using the data you provided in the quote below - tells a different story ...

results depend on efficinecy of the user (tweaks used...os, memspeed, etc etc) which can be a few percent difference. Id also imagine that amd submission was worked on more than the intel sub at this point. Youll find your spreadsheet chamges with each submission. Some may show more, some less. :)

That said, i also recall smt being more efficient than intel...
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#42
Ruru
S.T.A.R.S.
EarthDogresults depend on efficinecy of the user (tweaks used...os, memspeed, etc etc) which can be a few percent difference. Id also imagine that amd submission was worked on more than the intel sub at this point. Youll find your spreadsheet chamges with each submission. Some may show more, some less. :)

That said, i also recall smt being more efficient than intel...
Well, it's the first time AMD has SMT, I remember that P4's HT wasn't that fine like it is these days.. I mean, they sure will optimize it later.
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#43
EarthDog
Maybe... not sure how much more efficicent ht has become since then.. i dont imagine it to be too big of a difference though, honestly. Ht was always seemingly ~50% of a core give or take a few percent of course.
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#44
Gasaraki
R0H1TThe HT in Ryzen is the secret sauce, check any reviews & it gets better scaling than Intel with 16 threads except certain outliers. Impressive considering it's it's just their first try, ST IPC is indeed at par or just below Broadwell but that in itself tells you nothing, for instance crypto benchmarks favor AMD heavily especially with Ryzen.
What's impressive is that they are at the party 10 years late. Plenty of time to understand and develop the technology. It's like saying, wow impressive X country has landed on the moon in the year 2017. Too bad it was done 40+ years ago.
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#45
R0H1T
GasarakiWhat's impressive is that they are at the party 10 years late. Plenty of time to understand and develop the technology. It's like saying, wow impressive X country has landed on the moon in the year 2017. Too bad it was done 40+ years ago.
If only designing chips was easy as landing on the moon, Intel would've had the mobile market strung up. But even billions of dollars didn't buy them a puny share over there, this against the hamstrung AMD (in terms of $ they had for R&D & what not) vs a hostile monopoly in Intel.
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#46
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
Everyone does understand this is one benchmark that shows ryzen is faster per clock. I imagine quite a few would show the opposite even in gaming. While I find it excellent that AMD finally has something competitive, there are still massive shortfalls with ryzen. Those of you betting on threadripper might be somewhat disappointed as time moves on as well, you in essence are being given a 2P/4P system on a single piece of silicon. Be prepared for those shortfalls. LOL

Also those of you who are never impressed by LN2 clocking, because it isn't feasible for everyday. No one cares about your opinion and posting them in every single freaking thread is a waste of bandwidth and time.
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#47
BiggieShady
R-T-B... sell both Kidneys and thus, die.
I'm sure you'd be able to to post a cinebench score with stock clocks while connected to dialysis machine ... beneficiaries of your will would have to overclock it though
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#48
Axaion
Literal housefire requireing ln2

just like the ryzen one


means absolutely nothing to people who actually want to use their pc
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#49
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
AxaionLiteral housefire requireing ln2

just like the ryzen one


means absolutely nothing to people who actually want to use their pc
Neither do 99% of benchmarks out there. Yet people do them. You know why? Because some people have hobbies that differ from you.
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#50
Axaion
cdawallNeither do 99% of benchmarks out there. Yet people do them. You know why? Because some people have hobbies that differ from you.
Yes, thats correct - but "most" benchmarks do show results that you can actually compare as a "normal" consumer

the vast, vast majority will never touch LN2

But if thats what youre into, thats cool - It just doesnt really mean anything to people, even most overclockers as even the Ryzen chips clock like mad on LN2, but kinda meh on Air/water (aio at least.)
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