HiCookie, Gigabyte's in-house overclocker, has broken the DDR5 memory overclocking world record (open in new tab) on an Intel Z790 machine, achieving 11Gb/s of single channel bandwidth.

This makes Gigabyte the new DDR5 memory overclocking champion and brings it one step closer to ADATA's upcoming DDR5-12600 production speed (via WCCFTech (open in new tab)).

The previous DDR5 overclocking record was a pair of G.Skill DDR5-8000 RAM modules pushed to an astounding DDR5-10000 overclock on an Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex motherboard.

Now, with a single unreleased Aorus DDR5-8333 module from Gigabyte on a dual DIMM Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Tachyon (a board specifically designed with extreme memory and CPU overclocking in mind), HiCookie has set a record of DDR5-11136 (5567.5 Effective).

This is with CAS timings set to 64-127-127-127-2, as can be seen in the CPU-Z validator results (open in new tab); a wise move if you are aiming for the DDR5 overclocking crown and planning for someone to follow suit means a little experimentation on the part of potential competitors.

This score is currently listed as the maximum memory overclock on Gigabyte's Z790 Aorus Tachyon page (opens in new tab), a major victory for Gigabyte on the DDR5 overclocking front.

It appears that ADATA is very close to the ridiculous DDR5-12600 (opens in new tab) data transfer rate promised in its latest XPG memory announcement.