For the overclocking phase, we already know that our CPU (Intel Core i9-11900K) is capable of having all cores operate at 5.3GHz without any stress being applied, and at 5.0GHz with stress/stability test approval, so this is the target which we aimed for with our STRIX motherboard.
Sadly, E wasn’t able to climb up to an all-core 5GHz overclock with the 11900K. Instead, we had to settle for 4.8GHz with 1.35v – This is somewhat disappointing, given that other boards are able to reach 5GHz without this much voltage. We should point out that the Hero we reviewed also gave similar results.