Intel Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" CPU overclocked to nearly 7.5GHz

What just happened? Intel launched its new Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake" desktop CPUs earlier this week, and extreme overclockers are already pushing the chips to their limits. Renowned overclocking expert Elmor, who serves as Asus' in-house overclocking specialist, has set a new extreme overclocking world record with the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K, reaching nearly 7.5 GHz.

Asus said the Core Ultra 9 285K in question was overclocked to an incredible 7,488.8 MHz using the ROG Maximus Z890 APEX motherboard – nearly 1.8 GHz above the 285K's default boost clock of 5.7 GHz.

The overclocked CPU set record scores across multiple benchmarking applications, including 3DMark CPU Profile in 1T, 2T, 4T, and 8T tests. Additionally, it reached an impressive 60,840 points in Cinebench R23.

The ROG Maximus Z890 APEX also helped overclocker BenchMarc secure the highest DDR5 speed on record, with the ...