Monday, January 13th 2025

Intel Core i9-14900KF Sets New Overclocking World Record at 9121.61 MHz
While Intel is busy with its new Core Ultra 200S series of "Arrow Lake-S" processors for desktops, the start of 2025 is brining some interesting news for the last-generation Intel Core i9-14900KF CPU. The "Raptor Lake" CPU, without a working iGPU has officially broken overclocking world record and reached further into the 10 GHz dream. Achieved by an overclocker named "Wytiwx", the new world record is now sitting in at 9121.61 MHz, beating the previous 9117.75 MHz record held by "Elmor" by 3.8 MHz. This officially breaks Elmor's rule which started in 2022 and currently holds second, third, fourth, and fifth place in the leaderboard. We are curious if the new overclocker will maintain his lead, or if someone new will try to come out on top. Interestingly, for the new world record, Wytiwx used ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX motherboard with CPU cooled by LN2. The run was validated on Windows 7 Ultimate Edition, which is an interesting choice for overclockers as previous records have also been set using Windows 7.
Sources:
CPU-Z Validator, via SkatterBencher
26 Comments on Intel Core i9-14900KF Sets New Overclocking World Record at 9121.61 MHz
If ever you find a way to prove that your CPU ran 24/7 (or even just record how many hours it could run there, few computers run 24/7) at a specified frequency and settle the question "what's better, 4 years at 10GHz or 5 years at 8GHz" then that's a recipe for inventing another type of record you can hold.
P.S. There is no way for you to run the OC record at all, not just 24/7. That's the whole achievement. Only one human in the world pulled it off.