Cinebench world record that stood for 12 years gets toppled
- ID
- 36769
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 18 Oct 2026, 10:02 PM
- Fetched
- 18 Oct 2026, 11:54 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/overclocking/cinebench-world-record-that-stood-for-12-years-gets-toppled-oc-expert-scores-10-8cb-in-cinebench-r11-5-using-an-intel-core-i5-4670k-at-6-3-ghz
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 1.5
- Created
- 18 Oct 2026, 11:55 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
An overclocker pushed an Intel Core i5-4670K to 6.3 GHz and scored 10.8cb in Cinebench R11.5, toppling a world record that had stood for 12 years. The i5-4670K is a 2013-era quad-core Haswell part, and Cinebench R11.5 is a much older single-thread-focused benchmark. The supplied page text is almost entirely site navigation and paywall chrome, so details on the overclocker's name, cooling setup, or record validation are not available here.
Why it matters
There is no decision here for developers, AI builders, or founders — this is retro-hardware overclocking for enthusiasts, and the source text doesn't even name the person or the cooling method. Don't change any tooling, benchmark, or infrastructure choice because of it.
Discussion angle
Worth 60 seconds at most: why a 12-year-old single-thread record on a 2011-era benchmark is a curiosity rather than a signal, and what modern multi-core benchmarks (and AI/agent workloads) actually stress that Cinebench R11.5 never measured.