After a long wait full of rumors and all kinds of leaks, Intel’s new range of processors for desktop computers is now available on the market. As in previous years, the first models belong to the K and KS family, processors suitable for overclocking.
As expected and as happens with the launch and a new generation of Intel, overclocking lovers have already started working, although this time with a different objective: to obtain maximum speed in DDR5 RAM.
New DDR5 RAM speed record
The overclocker Safedisk has achieved what, until now, is the world record for speed in DDR5 RAM, a record that has just narrowly beaten another well-known overclocker Kovan Yang who a few hours earlier had achieved this position using memories from the manufacturer Kingston using the Intel Core Ultra 265KF processor.
To achieve this milestone, Safedisk has used the new G.Skill memory that we have had the opportunity to analyze at HardZone, Trident Z5, in combination with the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor and the new ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard.
The combination of these three products and using liquid cooling results in the new world record for DDR5-12,112 memory frequency reaching 6,055.9 MHz with a latency of 52-92-92-127.
The G.Skill Trident Z5 memory is available in 24 GB modules, reaches a speed of 7,200 MHz, has a latency of CL 36-46-46-115 and 288 pins and is compatible with Intel’s XMP 3.0 (the profile is not supported AMP from AMD) and includes an aluminum heatsink, although for this test it has been replaced as it was not enough to keep the temperature controlled during the test.
As we mentioned above, a few days before the world record had been obtained by overclocker Kovan Yang using Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5-8400 memory, the MEG Z890 Unify-X board and the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF processor to reach a speed of 6.053.7 MHz. Like Safedisk, Kovan Yang has also used liquid nitrogen to keep the temperature controlled at all times.
In third position is the BenchMarc overclocker, which has used the same combination of components as Safedisk but did not get close to that figure and reached 6,032.7 MB/s. This is the same configuration that the OGS overclocker used, reaching 6,023 MHz, located in fourth position, and the one also used by Dreazone, located in fifth position, achieving 6,022.6 MB/s.
Where is the limit?
DDR5 memory has been with us since 2020 and will continue to be like this until at least 2026, when the launch of DDR6 memories is expected, memories that are expected to be twice as fast as the current ones, and three times as fast when overclocked, so these Figures may seem like a joke in a few years.
