Overclocking
Overclocking on Kaby Lake can be easily achieved much like how it was done on Skylake. All you have to do is up your multiplier and CPU Core voltage accordingly. Intel has made higher overclocks possible with Kaby Lake. This chip runs at 4.2 GHz, but I was able to get it up to 5.0 GHz by upping the frequency and VCore voltage to 1.4V. This was a 100% stable overclock.
5.0 GHz is quite good for this chip! We’ve seen people get anywhere between 4.8 – 5.2 GHz depending on their setup and chip they have.
Here are some benchmarks showing the performance difference if you plan to overclock your system.
