Ryzen 9 9950X reaches 7.54 GHz and breaks numerous world records – the Zen 5 flagship raises the bar for 16-core CPUs

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The Asus overclocking team has broken several world records with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X CPU. Like ROG Global on

The test setup consisted of a 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X paired with the brand new ROG Crosshair X870E Hero from Asus with liquid nitrogen cooling and temperatures of up to minus 189 degrees Celsius.

The CPU clock speed and Cinebench R23 results were accompanied by a world record Geekbench 3 multi-core score of 170,646 points, a 7-Zip score of 321,970 MIPS, a Cinebench R20 score of 23,550 points and a HWBot x265 4K benchmark run accompanied by 77.57 FPS. All benchmark results were achieved by overclocker Safedisk, while overclocker Elmor achieved the frequency record result.

Elmor’s Ryzen 9 9950X frequency result represents the highest Ryzen-exclusive CPU overclock. Previous records show that the last record for Ryzen was 7.45 GHz, with the Ryzen 9 9950X. Elmor’s new record pushes the record approximately another 100 MHz.

The remaining benchmarks were world record results around the 16-core CPU category. The 7-Zip, R20, R23, Geekbench 3 and HWBot results are not the actual world record results, but only refer to the 16-core CPU category. You will see better results when you look at the results with higher core count chips.

Regardless, the world record results are still impressive. Safedisk’s 7-Zip result is 450 points higher than Dr. Antoine, also with a Ryzen 9 9950X. Safedisk was able to boost its 9950X to 6.8GHz, surpassing the result of the previous overclocker which ran at 6.725GHz.

Safedisk’s R20 result was 274 points higher than the previous record result, also achieved on the 9950X. Here too, Safeidks achieved a higher frequency of 6.925 GHz, surpassing the last result record set at 6.895 GHz.

For the R23 record, Safedisk’s result was 545 points higher than the previous result, also achieved on a 9950X. This time, however, Safedisk was able to achieve the extra score through means other than clock speed, as its result and the previous result ran at an identical 6.925 GHz.

Safedisk’s Geekbench 3 multi-core score is 3,579 points higher than the previous record holder held by famous overclocker Splave. Finally, Safedisks’ HWBot X265 4K result was 0.982 FPS higher than the last result record set by Dr. Antoine had also set up.

AMD’s X870 and X870E motherboards debuted today, featuring the chipmaker’s latest Ryzen 9000 processors. The Ryzen 9 9950X has numerous options ranging from $219 to $699.