The race for the DDR5 overclocking crown has a new frontrunner, and it’s a name fans will recognize. French overclocker, Bl4ckdot, has returned to the top of the memory frequency Hall of Fame, setting a new DDR5 overclocking world record at an eye-watering 12,872 MT/s. The record was achieved using G.Skill’s Trident Z5 DDR5 memory modules built with SK Hynix ICs, cooled with liquid nitrogen. They were running on the ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard with Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K processor.
It’s a platform combination we’ve seen used before in elite-level memory records, but few have pushed it this far. This latest milestone translates to a real frequency of 6431.1MHz, with memory timings at CL68-127-127-127-2—settings that would make most systems cry uncle under normal cooling. The result has already been validated on CPU-Z and confirmed on HWBOT, where bl4ckdot now leads the global rankings. Funny enough, he doesn’t even crack the top three highest frequency records on the Core Ultra 9 285K according to CPU-Z. Still, his validated run offers some intriguing insights into the configuration behind the DDR5 speed milestone.
