ASRock is introducing the Z790I Lightning WiFi and B760I Lightning WiFi today, two new mini-ITX motherboards that feature a robust 14+1+1 power phase design, an optimized memory layout, and support for DDR5-8600+ memory modules, allowing them to fully unleash the performance of 14th Gen Intel Core processors. The Z790I Lightning WiFi, in particular, was used to achieve four overclocking world records on HWBOT.org with Intel’s new Core i9-14900KS processor, ASRock noted.
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Z790I Lightning WiFi’s World Records on HWBOT:
- World Record
- Geekbench3 – Single Core World Record: 13083 pts
- Geekbench4 – Single Core World Record: 14546 pts
- Geekbench5 – Single Core World Record: 3390 pts
- Geekbench6 – Single Core World Record: 4580 pts
- Global 1st Place
- Geekbench4 – Multi Core Global 1st Place: 88845 pts
- Geekbench5 – Multi Core Global 1st Place: 23702 pts
- Geekbench6 – Multi Core Global 1st Place: 25786 pts
- Cinebench 2003 Global 1st Place: 15473 cb
- i9-14900KS 1st Place
- GPUPI For CPU – 100M Hardware 1st : 2sec 533ms
- GPUPI For CPU – 1B Hardware 1st : 40sec 159ms
- GPUPI V3.3 For CPU – 100M Hardware 1st : 2sec 545ms
- GPUPI V3.3 For CPU – 1B Hardware 1st : 40sec 269ms
ASRock on its motherboards:
ASRock Z790I Lightning WiFi and B760I Lightning WiFi motherboards feature a 14+1+1 Phase 110A SPS Dr.MOS VRM, outperforming competing ITX offerings. ASRock has custom-designed a composite cooling solution for these boards, including enlarged aluminum heatsinks, heat-pipe, and a MOS fan, delivering robust cooling performance to enhance overclocking capabilities. This superior cooling ensures the processors perform at their peak.
The Z790I Lightning WiFi fully unleashes the powerful performance of the latest Intel Core i9-14900KS, achieving a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of up to 43,064 pts.
The Z790I Lightning WiFi leads with DDR5-8600 memory support, enhancing memory overclocking performance significantly.
Both the Z790I Lightning WiFi and B760I Lightning WiFi motherboards utilize server-grade low-loss 8-layer 2oz copper PCBs and optimized DDR5 memory designs, pioneering support for 8600MHz memory for unparalleled overclocking support. Each board features one PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, two Hyper M.2 slots, Phantom Gaming 2.5GbE LAN, 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E, and USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A/Type-C ports, offering an abundance of high-speed connectivity options.
The robust VRM specifications and optimized memory design fully unleash the overclocking potential. The global professional overclocker Splave used the Z790I Lightning WiFi with the Intel Core i9-14900KS for LN2 extreme overclocking, setting four World Records and eight Global 1st Place records, as well as numerous i9-14900KS 1st Place achievements on HWBOT.org, successfully pushing the overclocking performance of the Mini-ITX motherboard to new heights.