To overclock low-end Skylake processors installed in the motherboard based on chipset Z17 requires special firmware BIOS. Enthusiast warns that the firmware version is experimental and is not suitable for permanent use.
Processor Core i3-6300 in board Maximus VIII Gene air cooled was able to reach frequency 4700 MHz obtained by combining 38x multiplier and bus frequency 123.71 MHz and 6 GHz (38x 158.01 MHz) - under liquid nitrogen; Core i5-6400 paired with Z170-A reached 5.8 GHz (27x 178.08 MHz) with air cooling.
Of course, Elmor was not limited to CPU-Z screenshots and recorded a series of records in various benchmarks. The table below allows to estimate what increase in speed can be obtained for the CPU Core i3-6300.
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