ROG Maximus Z890 Apex Motherboards Have Reached Record Breaking Performance According to ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG)

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ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex Motherboard, Image/ASUS

The world’s premier professional overclockers using new ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboards have been able to achieve 5 world records, 19 global first-place records and 31 first-place records according to ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG). This performance level was accomplished using the Maximus Z890 Apex and the latest Intel Core Ultra processor (Series 2) lineup and the latest high-performance memory kits.

ASUS has reportedly designed Apex motherboards exactly for this purpose of helping the world’s most talented overclockers dissolve barriers and achieve record breaking results:

The ROG Maximus Z890 Apex takes the series to new heights with a sizeable 22+1+2+2 power solution ready to take Intel Arrow Lake processors to the stratosphere. But the true strength of the Apex is in its memory layout. In order to fully optimize copper trace pathways to the integrated memory controller, the Apex features two DIMM slots instead of four, sacrificing raw capacity to enable record-breaking frequencies.

Record Breaking Performance

Equipped with Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 285K famed overclocker Elmor maximized performance the ROG Maximus Z890 Apex and pushed this CPU to 7488.8MHz using an innovative overclocking setup:

The overclocking was conducted with liquid helium using the AI LN2 pot, a project by 3D Systems, Diabatix, ElmorLabs, and SkatterBencher. This LN2 pot was designed with generative AI technology from Diabatix that allowed the team to rapidly explore a stunning range ofa design alternatives. The output of the Gen AI process was unlike anything else on the market, and it required the cutting-edge 3D printing tech of 3D Systems to bring to life; but the results speak for themselves.

Another milestone achieved by overclocker BenchMarc using the Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 285K and the ROG Maximus Z890 Apex pushing a memory kit all the way to 12,066MT/s for a new world record.

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K overclocked to 7.5 GHz

Another Word about Memory Usage
The latest Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 2), users have the choice between Gear 2 and Gear 4. Gear 4 operates the CPU memory controller at a quarter of the memory clock speed, and is the normal and most compatible setting for most Z890 motherboards. Yet Gear 4 has higher memory latency:

However, Gear 4 comes with a tradeoff in the form of higher memory latency. In this regard, Gear 2 is demonstrably better, and that is especially true in the 6400-9000MHz frequency range. For example, the Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 285K and DDR5-8000 have 18.8% lower latency when switched from Gear 4 to Gear 2, according to AIDA64.

Therefore using Gear 2 instead of Gear 4 permits a memory kit to perform above its specifications. The combination of DDR5-9000 with Gear 2, an extremely fast CUDIMM kit with the Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 285K recorded faster memory read speeds and 12.48% lower latency than the alternative using Gear 4. ASUS currently sets the default setting as Gear 2 for the ASUS Z890 motherboards so no extra memory settings tweaking is necessary.

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Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 285K
BenchmarkRecordOverclocker
CPU-Z Frequency (LHE)7488.8MHz (First Place)Elmor
Memory Frequency12066MT (World Record)BenchMarc
3DMARK CPU Profile 1T1793 (World Record)Elmor
3DMARK CPU Profile 2T3560 (World Record)Elmor
3DMARK CPU Profile 4T7044 (World Record)Elmor
3DMARK CPU Profile 8T13242 (World Record)Elmor
Y-CRUNCHER Pi 1B11.446 s (First Place)OGS
Cinebench R11.5111.98 pts (First Place)BenchMarc
Cinebench R159355 cb (First Place)BenchMarc
Cinebench R2023692 pts (First Place)OGS
Cinebench R2360840 pts (First Place)BenchMarc
Geekbench 3 Multi179845 (First Place)CENS
Geekbench 3 Single12204 (First Place)BenchMarc
Geekbench 4 Multi136028 (Global First Place)OGS
Geekbench 5 Multi38267 (First Place)OGS
GPUPI for CPU – 1B25s 523ms (First Place)OGS
7-Zip271180 MIPS (First Place)OGS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark 1080p290.985 fps (First Place)OGS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark 4k70.224 fps (First Place)OGS
XTU 2.022465 (Global First Place)OGS
Intel Core Ultra 7 processor 265K
BenchmarkRecordOverclocker
Y-CRUNCHER Pi 1B12.718 s (First Place)OGS
Cinebench R11.593.72 pts (Global First Place)OGS
Cinebench R157731 cb (Global First Place)OGS
Cinebench R2020045 pts (Global First Place)BenchMarc
Cinebench R2351360 pts (Global First Place)OGS
Geekbench 3 Multi151185 (Global First Place)OGS
Geekbench 3 Single11529 (First Place)BenchMarc
Geekbench 4 Multi119833 (Global First Place)OGS
Geekbench 4 Single12109 (First Place)BenchMarc
Geekbench 5 Multi34087 (Global First Place)OGS
Geekbench 5 Single2983 (First Place)BenchMarc
Geekbench 6 Multi27088 (First Place)BenchMarc
Geekbench 6 Single4068 (First Place)BenchMarc
GPUPI for CPU – 100M2s 07ms (First Place)BenchMarc
GPUPI for CPU – 1B30s 529ms (First Place)OGS
GPUPI for CPU 3.3 – 100M1s 816ms (First Place)BenchMarc
GPUPI for CPU 3.3 – 1B30s 393ms (First Place)BenchMarc
wPrime – 1024m30s 555ms (First Place)BenchMarc
7-Zip231088 MIPS (First Place)OGS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark 1080p251.787 fps (Global First Place)OGS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark 4k60.506 fps (Global First Place)OGS
XTU 2.018811 (Global First Place)OGS
Intel Core Ultra 5 processor 245K
BenchmarkRecordOverclocker
Y-CRUNCHER Pi 1B16.957 s (First Place)OGS
Cinebench R11.566.91 pts (Global First Place)OGS
Cinebench R155523 cb (First Place)OGS
Cinebench R2014249 pts (First Place)OGS
Cinebench R2336695 pts (First Place)OGS
Geekbench 3 Multi108408 (Global First Place)OGS
Geekbench 4 Multi94502 (Global First Place)OGS
Geekbench 5 Multi26518 (Global First Place)OGS
7-Zip170571 MIPS (First Place)OGS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark 1080p184.438 fps (Global First Place)OGS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark 4k44.829 fps (Global First Place)OGS
GPUPI for CPU – 1B43s 27ms (First Place)OGS