DDR5 Overclocking World Record Broken Again: 13,211 MT/s Achieved on GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE

The race to push DDR5 memory performance to unprecedented levels continues, as a new world record has been established. Enthusiast overclocker AiMax has achieved a verified 13,211 MT/s, surpassing the previous record of 13,153 MT/s that stood for only a few days. The new milestone was achieved using a GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE motherboard paired with Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5 memory and an Intel Core Ultra 7 265K processor.

AiMax’s achievement has been officially recorded on HWBot and validated by CPU-Z, confirming that the 13,211 MT/s frequency (equivalent to 6605.7 MHz) is the highest memory speed ever reached on DDR5 to date.

The configuration utilized liquid nitrogen (LN2) cooling on both the CPU and memory to ensure thermal stability during the extreme overclocking process. AiMax maintained tight CL68-127-127-127-2 timings, identical to the previous record-setting configuration, demonstrating that the frequency increase did not come at the cost of higher latency.

This latest record underscores the exceptional design of the GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE, which continues to dominate the overclocking scene. The motherboard’s optimized power delivery, reinforced trace layout, and dedicated overclocking features have made it the platform of choice for top-tier memory performance achievements. Nearly all of the top ten DDR5 overclocking records on HWBot have been achieved using this board, confirming its supremacy in extreme memory performance tuning.

While the incremental gain of 58 MT/s over the previous record may not translate into tangible real-world performance improvements, the accomplishment represents the relentless pursuit of technical perfection by the overclocking community. Crossing the 13,000 MT/s threshold has already redefined what is possible in consumer memory architecture, and experts believe that reaching 13,500 MT/s is within reach under ideal conditions.

Overclocking memory to such extreme speeds requires precise hardware synergy: high-quality PCB design, robust VRM implementation, a capable memory controller, and single-channel configurations to maximize signal stability. Though dual-channel setups have now reached over 10,000 MT/s in experimental tests, scaling to 12,000 MT/s or beyond on dual-channel remains one of the next frontiers for DDR5 development.

This achievement further establishes the Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE as the benchmark motherboard for extreme overclocking, reaffirming GIGABYTE’s leadership in enthusiast-grade engineering.

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