They raise the frequency of the Core i9-9900KS up to 6.95GHz on all cores
Intel's problems with its processors are well known. The company has more demand than production capacity due to a wrong market strategy. They wanted to control 90% of the processor market and that has caused that they cannot satisfy the demand. This does not mean that the company's processors are good for overclocking, something that the company boasts, as we can see with the Core i9-9900KS.
Currently the only element to get chest with respect to the Ryzen is its overclocking capacity. AMD Ryzen's are very bad at this practice due to their modular design, while Intel's processors are much better. It's not that it matters too much either, as 99% of users don't overclock.
[amazon box="B07ZPDYV98"]They push the Core i9-9900KS to the limit
We have seen how some Core i9-9900KS can reach stable frequencies of 5.2GHz in all their cores. This is because this processor has an individually selected DIE. Basically we could say that it is a Core i9-9900K black leg that supports 5.0GHz without problems in all its cores and more, if necessary.
Intel has sent Tom's Hardware a specially selected sample of this 'Premium' processor. The idea is that the guys at Tom's Hardware give this processor a good shot and overclock it. The Core i9-9900KS has behaved well and has reached 6.95GHz in all cores and 7.3GHz in a single core.
Getting these frequencies as you can imagine has not been easy. The first has been to 'lapping' or sanding the IHS to reduce its thickness and leave it as smooth as possible. By reducing the thickness of the IHS the heat transfer is faster to the heatsink and a more uniform surface is also achieved.
For its cooling a pot and a good quantity of liquid nitrogen have been used. This has allowed it to set world records in its category under Geekbench 3 and Cinebench R15. In addition, the Specter and Meltdown mitigations have also been disabled, to achieve the best possible performance.
Under Cinebench R15 and with a frequency of 6.95GHz they have achieved 3122 points. Whereas in SuperPi 32M and PiFast the processor in a core worked at 7.3GHz. Note that for the latter benchmarks only one of the cores is usually used.
