What Does GHz Mean On A CPU? (And Is Higher Better?)

Fire up the 2013 remix of the Eagles "Desperado". Listen to the beat: That's 60 beats per minute, or to an engineer, 1 Hertz ...
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Core i9-14900KF overclocked to 9.13 GHz to become the highest clocked CPU of all time — 13 MHz faster than the previous record holder

The Intel Core i9-14900KF, which was once considered one of the best CPUs, has achieved the status of the fastest processor — through overclocking, of course. Chinese overclocker wytiwx (as reported ...