For the overclocking phase, we already know that our CPU (Intel Core i9-10900K) is capable of having all cores operate at 5.3GHz so this is the target which we aimed for with Plus.

Even though we are dealing with a significantly cheaper motherboard in the Plus, it was still able to achieve this 5.3GHz overclock, for it we had to modify the CPU voltage to 1.35v. Surprisingly, the temperatures remained acceptable for such an overclock! This is an impressive milestone for this motherboard as it manages to keep up with other offerings which are substantially higher in cost.