ASRock announces support for the recently released Intel Core i9-12900KS processor for the ASRock Z690 motherboards. ASRock may be a few days behind from other brands like MSI in announcing support for the new Intel Core i9 processor but the wait comes with a few achievements as ASRock break 9 world records with the ASRock Z690 AQUA OC motherboard and the Intel Core i9-12900KS processor.
6 World Records Broken, 9 Global 1st Places
As of writing, extreme overclocker Splave equipped with the ASRock Z690 AQUA OC motherboard and an Intel Core i9-12900KS processor broke 6 world records and achieved 9 global first places as records in HWBOT.org. The new records are as follows below.
- Cinebench 2003 (16xCPU) World Record Achieved: 12777 cb.
- Cinebench - R23 (16xCPU) Global 1st Place Achieved: 40421 cb.
- Cinebench - R23 Single-Core (16xCPU) World Record Achieved: 2820 cb.
- Geekbench 4 Multi-Core (16xCPU) World Record Achieved: 100675 points.
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core (16xCPU) Global 1st Place Achieved: 27840 points.
- XTU 2 (16xCPU) Global 1st Place Achieved: 13792 marks.
- Cinebench 2003 (8xCPU) World Record Achieved: 11355 cb.
- Cinebench - R11.5 (8xCPU) Global 1st Place Achieved: 48 cb.
- Cinebench - R15 (8xCPU) Global 1st Place Achieved: 4267 cb.
- Cinebench - R23 (8xCPU) Global 1st Place Achieved: 40421 cb.
- Geekbench 3 Multi-Core (8xCPU) Global 1st Place Achieved: 85433 points.
- PiFast (8xCPU) World Record Achieved: 7sec 880ms.
- SuperPi 32M (8xCPU) World Record Achieved: 3min 33sec 356ms.
- Wprime 32 (8xCPU) Global 1st Place Achieved: 1sec 283ms
- Wprime 1024 (8xCPU) Global 1st Place Achieved: 28sec 122ms
BIOS Update for Intel Core i9-12900KS Support
Moving forward, ASRock 600-Series motherboards will be shipped with the latest BIOS that will support the Intel Core i9-12900KS processor. For current users of ASRock Z690 motherboards, a new BIOS version has been released and can be found on the corresponding product page. See the list of motherboards and BIOS versions below.Model / BIOS Version
Z690 AQUA / P7.02
Z690 AQUA OC / P7.02
Z690 Taichi / P10.01
Z690 Taichi Razer Edition / P10.01
Z690 PG Velocita / P9.01
Z690 Extreme / P6.03
Z690 Extreme WiFi 6E / P6.03
Z690 Steel Legend / P6.03
Z690 Steel Legend WiFi 6E / P6.03
Z690 PG Riptide / P6.03
Z690 Pro RS / P8.01
Z690 Phantom Gaming 4 / P8.03
Z690 Phantom Gaming 4/D5 / P6.03
Z690 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 / P7.01
Z690M Phantom Gaming 4 / P7.02
Z690M-ITX/ax / P7.02
Z690 AQUA / P7.02
Z690 AQUA OC / P7.02
Z690 Taichi / P10.01
Z690 Taichi Razer Edition / P10.01
Z690 PG Velocita / P9.01
Z690 Extreme / P6.03
Z690 Extreme WiFi 6E / P6.03
Z690 Steel Legend / P6.03
Z690 Steel Legend WiFi 6E / P6.03
Z690 PG Riptide / P6.03
Z690 Pro RS / P8.01
Z690 Phantom Gaming 4 / P8.03
Z690 Phantom Gaming 4/D5 / P6.03
Z690 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 / P7.01
Z690M Phantom Gaming 4 / P7.02
Z690M-ITX/ax / P7.02
For latest BIOS please refer to ASRock official website.
