Saltycroissant Achieves 13,153 MT/s Using Corsair Vengeance DDR5 on GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE
The global DDR5 overclocking race continues to heat up as enthusiasts push the limits of next-generation memory technology. This week, overclocker Saltycroissant achieved a staggering 13,153 MT/s on a single Corsair Vengeance DDR5 module, setting a new world record on the GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE motherboard.
Just days ago, prominent overclocker Hicookie reached 13,034 MT/s, briefly claiming the top spot, only for CENS to surpass it hours later at 13,040 MT/s. Now, Saltycroissant has broken past the 13,100 MT/s barrier, marking a significant jump of nearly 119 MT/s over Hicookie’s previous record and 113 MT/s over CENS’s best result.
Using a 24 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-4800 stick in single-channel configuration, paired with Intel’s Core Ultra 7 265K processor, Saltycroissant pushed the limits of the Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE, a motherboard purpose-built for extreme memory overclocking. The setup relied on SplaveOne thermal paste, while cooling and BIOS tuning were carefully optimized to extract every last bit of frequency headroom.
In his celebratory post, Saltycroissant credited the success to his partners and fellow overclockers:
“Slowly moving toward 7000, Thx to Corsair (DDR5 Vengeance) / Gigabyte (Z890 Tachyon ICE) / Splave (SplaveOne paste). And special thx to Hicookie, Sofos and Serg!!!”
The CPU-Z validation confirmed memory running at 6576.8 MHz, effectively 13,153.6 MT/s with timings of CL68-127-127-127-2 under XMP 3.0 configuration. While such extreme latency values render these results impractical for real-world performance, frequency-based overclocking is primarily about technical mastery rather than usable system optimization.
This milestone underscores how rapidly DDR5 memory records are being shattered. Where once it took weeks to see new breakthroughs, record frequencies are now being surpassed within days or even hours. With multiple elite overclockers, such as Sergmann, Hicookie, CENS, and now Saltycroissant, competing fiercely, it seems inevitable that we’ll soon see someone reach 14,000 MT/s, a goal that was once thought unattainable.
Would you like to see manufacturers officially support these world-record DDR5 speeds in future BIOS updates, or should such limits remain in the realm of extreme overclocking?
