DDR5 now officially reached 13,000 MT/s

A few weeks ago, we shared a new world record attempt showing DDR5-13020 memory settings, marking the first time such bandwidth was achieved. Unfortunately, that score never made it to the HWBOT ranking, which means it was either unstable or not performed according to guidelines.

It now appears that 13,010 MT/s memory overclocking has officially made it to the ranking, thanks to another overclocker from Germany, sergmann, who also mentioned Salty Croissant from the previous record attempt.

According to the HWBOT page, the overclock was achieved using an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor, Corsair Vengeance memory, and a Z80 AORUS Tachyon motherboard. The board is specifically designed for such records, and the use of liquid nitrogen shows this setup is far from a daily configuration.

Source: HWBOT

The CPU was confirmed to run in a 2+2 core configuration, meaning most of the cores weren’t even used. The DDR5 memory operated in a single 24 GB module configuration with timings of 68-127-127-127-2.

I’d say don’t try this at home. Aside from setting records, this configuration offers no real benefit for gamers—at least not for a long time—though it’s wild to think my Ryzen system runs at roughly half this bandwidth.

Source: HWBOT